| With the ever tightening rules that are being laid | | | | Once arrested, naturally, it is better for the driver |
| down with regard to alcohol and driving, many will | | | | to cooperate with the police to avoid further |
| find themselves in a real fix if caught by the | | | | charges. However, he must insist on speaking to a |
| police. Having taken too much alcohol, and then | | | | lawyer before he says anything at all to the police. |
| being arrested, the driver must call upon the | | | | Otherwise this may well jeopardize his case in |
| services of a DUI attorney. DUI attorneys have | | | | future. |
| all the information needed to make sure that all | | | | Once the lawyer has heard all the details, it will |
| the rights of the accused are being adhered to | | | | now be in his power to question the police about |
| according to the law. | | | | the style and method of arrest. If the driver was |
| When people who are prone to overdrinking, get | | | | not arrested in the proper fashion, he could get |
| behind the wheel of a car, the result can | | | | the case kicked out of court. He will also have all |
| sometimes prove to be fatal. Very often the | | | | the power and knowledge to mitigate the charges |
| driver himself will be hurt or traumatized by the | | | | and try to get the best deal for his client. |
| event and may say just about anything to the | | | | If a death was caused in the accident, the driver |
| police when being arrested. Of course, it goes | | | | will have a very serious time ahead of him. Courts |
| without saying that this can be a big mistake for | | | | do not take lightly to this kind of behavior and the |
| the driver. While in shock, remorse can make him | | | | driver will probably end up with prison time. |
| admit to anything and the police will definitely use | | | | Lawyers have a way of pleading the case bringing |
| this in a court of law. | | | | up good conduct reports, character witnesses etc |
| Other problems that occur at the same time as | | | | to help to lessen the sentence. If the accident did |
| the driver has been pulled over are that they | | | | not involve other casualties, the driver may get |
| may sometimes be asked to take roadside | | | | away with just some community work to be |
| sobriety tests. The driver does not have to | | | | done. This can prove to be a little difficult to fit |
| submit to these, including a breathalyzer, but will | | | | into anyone's daily routine, but far better than the |
| have to submit to blood tests. Of course, it is | | | | alternative. However, if the driver commits a |
| much better for the driver to have his blood | | | | similar offence within seven years of being found |
| taken for alcohol tests because this will take | | | | guilty, the cases will accumulate and the sentence |
| some time to arrange. It could mean the | | | | will be harsher. Third strikes mean withdrawal of |
| difference in being charged or let off with a | | | | his license and definite prison time. |
| warning if the blood is just border line. | | | | |