| One of the worst things about a DUI arrest is that it | | | | and getting it off your record is to understand the DUI |
| shows up on your record and affects background | | | | process and how your record is kept. Unless you take |
| checks for years to come. Beating a DUI is possible by | | | | steps to educate yourself on beating a DUI charge, |
| understanding how your DUI record is handled and | | | | your life will change for the worse after a DUI |
| what can be done to erase it. | | | | conviction. |
| The first step to beating a DUI is to understand that it | | | | DUI laws will vary from state to state but your state |
| has become a political crime that has a definite stigma | | | | will fall in one of 2 categories: those that allow criminal |
| attached to it. Political action groups like Mothers | | | | records to be expunged and those that do not. The |
| Against Drunk Driving have influenced lawmakers to | | | | good news is that beating a DUI is possible even in |
| write the laws in their favor. As a result, the laws | | | | states that do not allow you to expunge your record. |
| governing a DUI charge have been designed in a one | | | | Other steps can be legally taken to achieve the same |
| size fits all manner. That means a first time offender | | | | effect. |
| who is barely over the limit as a result of a few drinks | | | | Armed with the proper information, beating a DUI can |
| with dinner is treated very similarly to a repeat | | | | be achieved by anyone who has not caused death, |
| offender who causes an accident and is three times | | | | bodily harm or serious property damage as a result of |
| over the legal limit. | | | | their DUI. Once you learn this information, you can clear |
| Local governments also generate large amounts of | | | | your record and pass background checks regardless |
| revenue from DUIs and blood alcohol content levels | | | | of whether your DUI happened in an "expunge" or "no |
| have been lowered to increase revenue. The result of | | | | expunge" state. With the ability to pass background |
| this has been to bring a large number of law abiding | | | | checks, your life will take a turn for the better. |
| citizens into our legal system who may not have had a | | | | Employment opportunities will increase & you can |
| criminal record otherwise. | | | | get your life back on track. |
| If you are one of these folks the key to beating a DUI | | | | |