When the police pull someone over on suspicion of drunk driving, it usually doesn’t take long for a breathalyzer device to come out. These small, hand-held machines can get a preliminary reading of a driver’s blood alcohol content (BAC) level, which often serves as...
The state needs evidence to successfully prosecute someone for impaired driving. With the exception of video footage of someone driving erratically or failing a field sobriety test, chemical test results are probably the most compelling evidence that police officers...
Driving around trucks carries danger in any month of the year, but just as winter brings particular hazards (snow and ice), so does summer. Here are some of them: 1. Drunk drivers Most truckers are well aware that drunk driving could cost them their job. Yet some will...
When a police officer is driving around on patrol, they are allowed to make traffic stops and they sometimes make drunk driving arrests. DUI cases make up a significant portion of stops, along with lesser infractions, like relatively minor speeding violations. These...
Let’s get this out of the way: Driving under influence is not a minor infraction with the law. Rather, it is a serious criminal offense. If you are indicted, charged and convicted for drunk driving in Georgia, you will be having a myriad of legal and personal...
The police certainly know that a lot of people drive to the bar, have a few drinks, and then drive home. There's a reason that drunk driving increases at night and part of that reason is that people are more likely to stay out at these types of establishments. But can...
Typically, people assume that it’s fine to have one drink and then drive without getting charged with driving under the influence (DUI). They don’t expect to be impaired by a single drink, and they know they won’t get over the Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) limit...
A DUI can have serious legal ramifications for anyone. If you’re an active duty service member charged with DUI, you could end up dealing with consequences in both civilian and military court. The consequences depend in part on where the DUI arrest occurred. It’s...
The unfortunate reality for drivers is that what they consider to be impaired may not be the same as what the state considers to be impaired. This often leads to people who think they’re “sober enough” finding out that they’re over the legal blood alcohol content...
Police officers and prosecutors in Georgia are not shy about enforcing the state’s DUI laws. In fact, in 2019, there were nearly 20,000 DUI convictions in the Peach State. Accordingly, if you drive with a blood alcohol concentration over 0.08%, you have some chance of...