Drunk Driving

When we talk about the costs associated with drunk driving charges on this blog, we usually focus on the personal, professional and emotional costs. There are many good reasons for this, as a DUI can absolutely ruin a person's reputation, job situation and their...

The state of California recently awarded the Visalia police department nearly $400,000 in grants to help bolster the department's DUI enforcement, as well as the public's awareness of drunk driving.The first grant will help create more public awareness campaigns, as...

Some people may think that if they were pulled over by the police and accused of driving under the influence of alcohol, they would pull an ingenious move: they would just refuse the breath test. Problem solved!However, that really isn't the way it works, even though...

In our last post, we talked about the legitimate ways in which an accused DUI offender can prevail over the charges against him or her. Plenty of people have been cleared of the charges against them under these circumstances. But many more suffer the wrath of the...

It is understandable to think that someone who has been charged with drunk driving is going to get what is coming to him or her; that the charges are simply unbeatable, and that the accused individual will feel the consequences of those charges for a long time. While...

Over the course of history -- or at least the part of history that involves motor vehicles -- a countless number of people have decided to get behind the wheel of a motor vehicle while they were intoxicated on either drugs or alcohol. Such ubiquity doesn't make this...