Seafaring navigators should be aware that when they are navigating that holiday boat ride, they need to take it easy on the brewskis! Just like on the road, being intoxicated while operating a boat will earn you a BUI or Boating While Intoxicated - and the penalties are just as serious and severe. This is a needed law as recent examples show. In Grand Island,...
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What is a BUI?
Can I Be Charged With DUI Even If I'm Not Driving?
Believe it or not, there are many states where, even if your key is not in the ignition of your vehicle, you can be arrested and charged with DUI. Why? A certain aspect of the law known as "dominion and control." In many states, simple being in the car gives you dominion and control over the vehicle. The law essentially views it that if an...
New DUI Legal Developments
There were two interesting development in DUI law recently that may impact Vermont and other states over time. The first is that in Tennessee, the state had a lower BAC (blood alcohol content) limit for those under 21 than for those over 21, but the federal government said it did not go far enough. In a landmark decision, the federal government stated that all states...
In A DUI Search, What Can Be Used Against Me?
Most people do not realize that once you are pulled over for a traffic stop, that is already a "seizure" of your person and the Fourth Amendment immediately comes into play. One important factor to keep in mind is that "traffic stop" after 11 pm is, for all intents and purposes, a "DUI investigation stop." For example, it is much less likely that at three...