For several years now thee counties in California have mandated that anyone convicted of a DUI be forced to install and use an Interlock Ignition Device (IID). For those readers who do not know what one is, it is a device installed near the ignition switch of a vehicle. The device has a tube through which the operator of the vehicle must blow to have...

The legislature in Florida has passed a law that, they believe, will help lower the number of people driving impaired. The idea is a relatively simple one. Many people drive under the influence because they are concerned that if they leave their vehicle in a bar's parking lot overnight, it will be towed. Tampa has a law now that forbids bars from towing vehicles from...

If you are arrested for DUI, most states will require you to submit to either a breathalyzer or blood alcohol test. Naturally, one may be suspicious (and perhaps for good reason) of the equipment and lab that the police use. Therefore, you may be entitled to have a private lab of your choice conduct your blood alcohol test. Most defendants do not know that it...

A new law being proposed in California would allow servers of alcohol to cut off their customers if they believe the customers have had too much to drink. This may sound like it would hurt tips, and it may, but it does have logic behind it. The wait staff would be trained so that there will be objectivity on the part of the wait staff in...

You don't necessarily have to be behind the wheel to be arrested for DUI! A couple of recent cases in Texas proves this point. A 26 year old man was changing his tire at the side of the road when an officer saw the disabled vehicle and stopped to offer assistance. When he did he noticed that the man was having trouble standing up and...