Taimoor Rana is seasoned criminal defense attorney specializing in DUI related cases. He shares his expert legal opinion here Texas DUI/DWI Penalties »
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- There are two definitions for intoxication in the Texas Legislature. The first definition is that if a driver is intoxicated and had a below normal use of physical or mental faculties because of alcohol, drug, or controlled substance use. If any driver is having blood alcohol concentration (BAC) 0.08 percent or above, the driver will be considered intoxicated according to second definition.
For first DWI/DUI offense driver will face fines up to $2,000, imprisonment from 72 hours to 180 days, and suspension of driving license for 90 days to 1 year. They must also have to take part in alcohol assessment/rehabilitation program. Click here to read more »
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Probable Causes of Drunk Driving Arrest »
United States police can arrest or detain a person for investigation without any serious violation of law. Two words can briefly describe police behavior that is Probable Cause. This makes the United States police different from other world police departments. A reasonable suspicion is required to question someone and law enforcement agency is bound to fulfill the requisite. Police cannot pull over a person on his skin color or of being national of some other country. They need to have some lawful grounds to question him/her. They can pull over the suspect if he is over speeding or break some traffic rules.
Above all they must have to see you doing something wrong while driving a vehicle or some one witness you driving violently.
Is Pull over is Legal under Probable Cause?
To stop some one without is some time complicated for the police. So most of the time uses some basic reasons to stop and investigate you. They can stop you on failure to use blinker, violation of traffic rules, over speeding, expired plates, driving violently, collision to some vehicle and disrespect of traffic lights.
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Driving Under Influence »
Operating a vehicle while one is drunk has accounted for about 39% deaths in USA alone.DUI means to drive an auto when under influence of alcohol or other intoxication. In most jurisdictions such act is not allowed under law and if committed,it is penalized.Moreover, its record is also kept that is easily traceable. 
Usually people think DUI is removed from the records after certain time where in fact such record can be kept indefinitely.While some countries have laws that remove DUI from a person’s record after some years,there are other countries in which it is kept just forever.
A person found guilty of DUI will quite often find himself in situations where he would be asked to present his DUI record.For example,applying for a driver’s job. Click here to read more »
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Hiring A Specialized DUI Attorney »
One has to face many consequences after arresting under DUI (Driving Under Influence) or DWI. It mean you were found under influence of drug or alcohol behind driving wheel. You have to follow the long process of legal proceeding after your arrest and one specialized lawyer can help you through all these proceeding. But before going to any lawyer you must follow these instructions. 
Most of the DUI attorneys take advance fee for leading you case. This advance fee is mostly a pre-trial fee and it not include going to trial. So If you want your DUI attorney to go with you for trial, you must ask him about its total fee.
Most of the attorney want you to confess the guilty in DUI/DWI cases. As most of the judges rule against the defendant. its because your attorney do not want to go for case trial and want you to get out of it quickly.
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Grants for More DUI Checkpoints »
The California Office of the Traffic Safety had declared 2010 “Year of the Checkpoint”. The issued grants will be used for more checkpoints than ever before. A recent watchdog report shows that these checkpoints are making millions of dollars in towing fees and police fees and so many arrests of unlicensed and suspended drivers are made also.
A police officer told that these checkpoints are not working as money generator and we get a small percentage of the tow as an administrative cost and that is so small.
In last 2 years Palm Springs had been given over $300,000 from the federal government in order to make more checkpoints. That’s why in 2009 Palm Springs held eight more checkpoints and that resulted 22 DUI arrests.
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Teen Charged For DUI After Crashing Car Into a Home »
A 17 years old teen was arrested for crashing car into a Washington Road House in late December. The teen driver who is Cromwell resident was arrested this week and was charged with drunken driving under the age of 21 years and reckless driving.
Police haven’t given the name of young man because of his age, they told that he was under the influence of alcohol and unspecified drugs also at the time when he crashed the vehicle into the house on the night of Dec. 29.
He was driving 1999 model four door Cadillac Coupe de Ville and was moving north on Washington Road when he lost the control on the car and crashed that into a home at 11:08 p.m.
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New York DUI/DWI Penalties »
Laws requirement for suspected DUI drivers to concede to breath, blood, or urine testing is knows as “implied consent laws”. Refusal for carries penalties, which include mandatory suspension of driving license for up to a year.
Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC)
If any driver in New York will be driving any motor vehicle with blood alcohol concentration (BAC) above than 0.08 percent will be measured “per se intoxicated” under the law. According to this law, that is all, which is needed for a driver to be convicted for Driving Under the Influence (DUI) or Driving While Intoxicated (DWI).
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Penalties Increase for DUI in Delaware »
DUI penalties in Delaware are made more strict, the convicted drivers will face double fines and the repeat offenders can be given 15 years imprisonment sentence.
Governor of Delaware had signed the law legislation. According this new amendment in the DUI penalties the fines for first DUI offense will increase almost double, before it was $230 now it will be $500, and for repeat offenders the fine will be $15,000 and there can be jail sentence of 15 years also.
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Top Ten Drunkest Cities In United States »
The list of top ten drunkest cities in America has been released. This list is compiled by various available DUI/DWI statistics, alcohol related car accidents, and breath rates from alcoholic live disease.
In the top ten, California and Arizona cities are cracked to top. Number one city on list is Fresno, California. California is having several cities in top ten list. But in the list there is no city of northeast states which are having trouble with alcohol.
Here is the list of top ten drunkest cities in United States:
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Fresno, California
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Reno, Nevada
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Billings, Montana
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Riverside, California Click here to read more »
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Useful Tips For Super Bowl DUI Checkpoints »
Police had made plan across the country for DUI enforcement on most celebrated adult holiday of the year the Super Bowl Sunday. All states police are planning and announcing DUI checkpoints and putting extra police force on the road. Police officers will be looking for signs of impairment and they are given orders to pull over a vehicle for a minor traffic infraction. Violating signals, having expired driving tags on vehicle or reckless driving are all the major reasons that makes an officer to pull over a car this Sunday.
Some people will be looking for alternate routes to avoid the police checkpoints and it’s not illegal to take a different route. Police checkpoints are typically publicized. But that will not be good for you if you will abruptly change direction while in line of a checkpoint. If you will do so then you will invite police to pull you out from your vehicle.
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