Drunk driving is a serious crime that can lead to severe injuries and life-long criminal penalties. At all times, you should work to avoid being charged with a criminal charge such as a DUI. Unfortunately, DUIs can be hard to avoid when you’re misinformed about the...
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What does the law consider a probable cause for DUI?
In order to pull you over for a drunk driving investigation, law enforcement must have a good reason to do so. In fact, the Fourth Amendment requires that law enforcement have a certain level of justification before they can lawfully stop, investigate and arrest a...
4 kinds of field sobriety tests
Police may pull over a driver under suspicion of drunk driving. During a traffic stop, the police could have the driver do a field sobriety test. Field sobriety tests are used to determine if a driver is drunk. These test work in the following ways: 1. Horizontal gaze...
People drink much more than they say they do
One reason that people find themselves facing DUI charges is simply that their drinking habits have perhaps gotten a bit out of hand. Maybe they’re consistently drinking more than intended. This can cause their tolerance to go up, so they need more drinks to get a...
Do I have to submit to a breathalyzer test in Ohio?
Having the police pull you over for whatever reason is, in and of itself, stressful. Add alcohol into the mix and the stress levels can become overwhelming. Yet, if the police have reason to believe that you are operating a vehicle impaired (OVI), they will pull you...
What a second OVI conviction means in Ohio
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...
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...