Drunk driving poses a significant risk to your safety and other road users. It is why repeat offenders tend to get stiffer penalties to deter future occurrences and keep drunk drivers off the roads. The situation is no different in Ohio. While a second operating a...
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DUI
What are your rights regarding sobriety tests at traffic stops?
Police have several tools they’ll use during a traffic stop to determine if a driver is under the influence of drugs or alcohol. First, they may use a standardized field sobriety test (SFST). There are several field sobriety tests to determine if a driver is...
What if you’re sure you didn’t drink enough to be over the limit?
If you drink before driving, you need to keep a close eye on how much you drink and what you drink. Yet, telling an officer who pulls you over what you drank is not going to convince them to spare you. What’s worse, it will harm your defense chances. If they ask you...
How reliable are the results of field sobriety tests?
Police officers often suspect impairment when they first initiate a traffic stop. They will try to gather as much information as they can from the driver they suspect to corroborate their suspicions. While chemical breath tests can be compelling evidence in impaired...
What’s reasonable suspicion? How does it apply to OVI?
Police officers have a duty to keep their jurisdiction safe, but that doesn’t mean that they have free reign to do whatever they want. They still must follow the law as it applies to their position of power. One of the specific things that they need to comply with is...