Memorial Day Brings Increase in DUI Arrests
Posted on May 26, 2008
Filed Under DUI, Felonies, misdemeanor |
The police were out in force this Memorial Day watching for drunk drivers. In what has become a modern-day tradition, state police and local law enforcement beef up their forces for the annual Memorial Day onslaught. As millions of Americans hit the highways for the Memorial Day weekend and the traditional beginning of the summer drive season, police become extra-vigilant watching for speeders and potentially drunk drivers.
Some states pulled out all the stops this weekend. In Ohio, state and local police teamed up with the Attorney General’s office to ensure instant action. On highways and suburban streets, drivers were directed off the road to inspection points where officers looked for signs of inebriation, open containers and other violations. AG officers were onsite at inspection points and at highway stings. Judges were on-call, just a phone call away. If you were suspected of drinking and driving in Ohio this weekend, legal action was swift and immediate. You could be charged on the spot, legal paperwork completed onsite and hauled off to jail within minutes. Ohio lawmakers are hailing the collaborative initiative as a ground-breaking deterrent to drunk driving.
While California hasn’t adopted Ohio’s “instant conviction” approach yet, California is tough on DUI and DWI charges. Proceeding require both a DMV hearing that affects your driver’s license and a criminal hearing that can result in jail time, fines, mandated alcohol education classes, community service, impounding of your vehicle and/or forced installation of an ignition interlock device on your vehicle. An experienced DUI/DWI defense attorney can best present your case. He may be able to get the charge reduced or even dismissed.
- LegalPro
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