November, 2007

Boating Under the Influence (BUI)

In many states, not only can you get yourself into trouble by drunk driving, you can also find yourself with criminal misdemeanors for boating while you are drunk! The official term for this is “Operation of a Vessel Under the Influence of Intoxicating Liquor.”
Below is a list of some of the differences in getting… Read Full Post

Rhys Meyers Arrested for Public Drunkenness

Rhys Meyers, who stars in the soap opera “The Tudors,” was arrested Sunday in Dublin, Ireland on public drunkenness and breach of the peace charges. The incident took place in Dublin airport as he was confronted twice because of his erratic and abusive behavior at the British airline BMI airport gate. He was waiting to… Read Full Post

Lindsay Lohan Does “Hard Time” for DUI

Don’t blink! You may miss the total amount of jail time that Lindsay Lohan just finished up today. As part of the punishment for her DUI charges, Lohan was required to go to jail at the Lynwood Jail.
So she checked in at 10:30 AM this morning, sat in jail, and surely… Read Full Post

DUI Consequences

DUI punishments are defined at the state level rather than the federal level, but most states have generally followed the same guidelines for punishing DUI offenses.
Most of the variations of “driving under the influence” will land you with a misdemeanor, which is commonly punishable for up to a year in prison.
However, if the DUI incident… Read Full Post

Texas DUI Expungement Laws

As defined in Chapter 55 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, expungements of a DUI are possible if there are no findings of guilt. If there are findings of guilt, charges may be reduced to a class C misdemeanor if the defendant has received deferred adjudication and completed community service.
Releasing the expunged records… Read Full Post

MADD

It was a few grieving mothers who took on the national problem of drunk driving in 1980. With no money and no clout they created a powerful organization. MADD is responsible for legislative change and victim’s rights help, but I think the fact that they actually changed a national perception of… Read Full Post

Sobriety Checkpoint Standards

The following is a list of standards that are used in implementing sobriety checkpoints:
- The final decision is made by a supervisor
- A consistent method must be used in selecting which vehicles are stopped
- Ensure that the public and the police officers are safe
- Policy-making officials select which sites will be targeted
- The time period… Read Full Post

Administrative License Suspension (ALS)

The greatest fear (except being thrown in jail) that most people have regarding getting a DUI is losing their drivers license. Alarmingly, it does not take as much as you would think to lose it…
Refusing to take a field sobriety test, or exceeding the legal limit in a blood alcohol content (BAC) test are… Read Full Post

Blood Alcohol Content (BAC) Formula

Blood alcohol content (BAC) is defined as the concentration of alcohol in blood. Most of the time it is computed as mass per volume, such as .08% really means .8% or .08 grams of alcohol per 100 grams of blood.
The following is a formula for computing the blood alcohol level:
1 g/kg = 1 g… Read Full Post