Driving a school bus full of kids and/or a truck full of flammable liquid should be challenge enough for anyone. But some drivers with commercial licenses apparently like to take risks with their lives and the lives of others. How else can you explain the fact that they drive with…
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No Automatic DUI Defense for Arizona Pot Users
With the recent passage of a law permitting the use of medical marijuana in California, police officers will soon be dealing with its effects on arrests for DUI in Los Angeles. Will someone using cannabis for medical reasons be able to avoid DUI charges? A recent ruling by Arizona’s Supreme…
State Supreme Court DUI Ruling Puts Drivers At Greater Risk of Losing License
Can the DMV penalize someone for a DUI in Los Angeles based upon a police officer’s observation of their behavior? Can you lose your license even if your blood alcohol content is borderline for a DUI charge? A ruling earlier this year by the California State Supreme Court in the…
Loopholes in DUI Law
When motorists get pulled over for a DUI in Los Angeles pursuant to Section 23612, their first thoughts are often along the lines of “How can I get out of this?” or “What can I do to lessen the penalties that I now face?” While Los Angeles drivers might have…
School Kids Injured in Crash Caused By Allegedly DUI Driver
What kind of lessons do children learn when they watch a police officer arrest their mom, dad or even a complete stranger on a Los Angeles DUI 23572 charge? Do they shrug it off, thinking it’s no big deal? Or does it make a lasting impression and influence their driving…
DUI Driver Speeds To Jail
Motorists picked up for DUI in Los Angeles often face additional charges of speeding and/or reckless driving. While they may exceed the speed limits by 10, 20, or even 30 miles per hour, few reach the speeds achieved by DUI drivers in Lyndonville, Vermont, and Kershaw County, South Carolina. Kershaw…
Does New York Law Encourage DUI Drivers to Flee Accident Scene?
People who cause an accident because of DUI in Los Angeles understand that it’s better to stay at the scene and talk with police officers. If they take off before the police arrive, they could compound their legal troubles with additional charges of fleeing the scene. The New York State…
Young Officer and Mother Killed by DUI Driver
Police officers on patrol in their vehicles are all too often at risk of serious injury or death when they’re dealing with DUIs in Los Angeles and the surrounding counties. It’s an occupational hazard for law enforcement personnel all over the country, who stop by the side of a road…
Too Drunk For DUI Charges?
Imagine someone charged with DUI in Los Angeles arriving in a courtroom and pleading not guilty. Not because he didn’t commit the crime, but because he was too intoxicated to really understand what was going on at the time of the arrest and to consent to a test measuring blood…
Two Victims In Deadly Los Angeles DUI
A 36-year-old man is contemplating his future from a hospital bed after causing a fatal accident in the early morning hours on the Sunday before Thanksgiving. The alleged cause of the accident is a Los Angeles DUI incident. According to various news reports, the as yet-unidentified driver of a Buick…