Earlier this month there was a very curious case of a driver falling asleep at the wheel, and it was related to his being intoxicated. The event took place in New Jersey where a 20-year-old driver was woken up by an officer after a motorist called police notifying them that an individual appeared to be asleep at the wheel - at a traffic light!An officer...
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Falling Asleep At The Wheel And DUI
Lessons From A California DUI
Everyone should be aware by now that it is not only alcohol that can cause you to be charged with a DUI. Everything from prescription drugs to cannabis can land you in jail for a night to be followed up by costly and perhaps lengthy court proceedings.A recent "Drug DUI" in California saw an individual receive a sentence of 10 years for accidentally killing a...
Some Alcohol Facts You May Not Know About
Alcohol can not only get you a DUI when abused, it can also do a lot of other nasty things to your body. Alcohol is composed of small methanol molecules, 20% of which don't even get metabolized and go right into the bloodstream. This is also why "chugging" is a really bad idea. It basically overloads your system by putting too much in, too quickly....
Window Tint And Traffic Stops
Your window tint may be cause for you to be stopped by a patrol officer. If in the course of that stop, he believes and/or finds that you are intoxicated you will be charged with a DUI.There have been a few cases recently where the defense argued that since their clients' window tint wasn't actually illegal, the stop for the tint resulting in the DUI...