| California DUI Laws are so strict that the state leads | | | | occurring within seven years of the first are dealt with |
| the nation in DUI arrests. These laws are meant to | | | | more harsh law. It could be minimum ten days of jail |
| reduce the number of drunk driving cases. Victims and | | | | and fines up to $10,000. And suspension of driving |
| survivors of drunk driving crashes have supported the | | | | license for not less than three years. DUI Laws have |
| DUI Law. It is important to have strict DUI Laws so that | | | | severe criminal penalties based on the severity of the |
| drunk drivers are not allowed to put the lives of others | | | | outcome of DUI related crash. One must also consider |
| at risk. Drunk driving is the most frequently committed | | | | the emotional aspect that can affect the passing of |
| violent crime in California. It is necessary to punish an | | | | DUI laws.California DUI laws have changed over the |
| offender under different DUI laws that try a person | | | | years in order to curb the increasing number of deaths |
| accordingly, including varying penalties if causing death, | | | | and injuries occurring due to DUI related accidents. DUI |
| injury, or personal or property damage.California DUI | | | | laws have been argued to be unconstitutional in that |
| laws include specifics such as blood alcohol content | | | | by automatically finding drivers guilty, a person loses his |
| level test, license suspension or revocation, checking of | | | | her right to have a trial by jury. But at the same time it |
| ignition interlocks device in the vehicle, field sobriety test | | | | has been argued to be 'legal per se'. Unfortunately, DUI |
| to assess physical and mental alertness, etc. First time | | | | accidents take an innocent life every thirty minutes, so |
| offenders charged under DUI law could be sentenced | | | | it is argued that DUI laws should allow for impartial jury |
| to jail with minimum fine. But second offenses | | | | trials. |