Drunk Driving

Earlier this month, a new drunk driving law went into effect which will presumably help the state keep roadways safer. The law requires all drunk drivers to install ignition interlock devices on vehicles they drive. The requirement applies also to first-time offenders...

It is well known that when it comes to addressing the problem of drunken driving, one of the biggest challenges is with repeat offenders.  While most people who face DUI charges are able to learn from the experience and avoid involvement charges in the future, there...

Texas readers may have heard about the recent case involving Sandra Bland, a woman who died in her jail cell after she was arrested for refusing to cooperate with a police officer’s investigation of an alleged failure to signal for a lane change. Whether the officer...

A drunken driving conviction can come with a variety of consequences for an offender. In our last post, we mentioned that Texas manages to avoid the extremes in terms of strictness in dealing with DWI offenders. In this and our next post, we wanted to look a bit more...

In our last post, we mentioned that a new law here in Texas will broaden the use of ignition interlock devices in DWI cases. As we noted, Texas law currently only mandates the use of these devices for drivers who have a blood alcohol content that exceeds 0.15. Those...

Readers are aware that each states handles drunk drivers a little differently, and are probably aware that some state are harder on drunk drivers than others. A recent report by WalletHub provides a survey of the way each state handles drunk driving, ranking each...

One of the important goals of criminal defense, arguably the central goal, is the effort to minimize the consequences of criminal charges. Depending on the circumstances of the case, this could mean working to have charges dismissed or to have the defendant acquitted,...

In DWI defense, scrutinizing the evidence presented by prosecutors is one of the primary tasks for a defense attorney. This scrutiny involves not only the way the evidence is obtained but the evidentiary value of that evidence. A recent Texas DWI case demonstrates...

Drunk driving can have a lot of consequences, but one of the consequences that can really hit offenders hard are the financial costs associated with a DWI conviction. For first-time offenders, thousands of dollars on fines, court costs, and other expenses may be...

Drunken driving is an important highway safety issue in every state, and especially in the state of Texas, which claims the greatest number of drunken driving fatalities per year. There are a variety of strategies that have been and are being used in the battle...