| At least once in your life, you might find yourself | | | | damage to persons as well as property, you might get |
| leaving a party or a family gathering of sorts quite | | | | off without so much as a warning and a ticket. |
| tipsy and a little under your usual dexterity. You'd think | | | | So is DUI a criminal offense? Yes. For all intents and |
| that there is no harm in driving because your house is | | | | purposes, it is a criminal offense and if there happens |
| only a few miles away and the road you are taking is | | | | to be inadvertent death in the accident that you |
| one of the safest in town. However, when it is just | | | | caused, you can be held liable for it and face additional |
| your luck, something comes running across the road | | | | charges in court. If there are deaths involving the road |
| like a ferret or a rabbit and you suddenly swerve, and | | | | mishap you were involved in, there is a very good |
| collide with incoming cars that are driving within the | | | | chance that you will face manslaughter charges, in |
| speed limit, on the right side of the road. Now you have | | | | which case you will need a very good criminal defense |
| a problem because you will most definitely be | | | | lawyer to represent you in the court of law. When you |
| questioned by the responding authorities who will be | | | | face criminal charges, the punishment will surely be |
| very interested to find out if you are driving under the | | | | more than just the payment of fines and community |
| right circumstances. Needless to say, you will be asked | | | | service. Aside from a stint in prison, you may also be |
| to breathe in on the alcohol breath tester and you will | | | | compelled by the courts to pay damages to the |
| then be charged with a DUI offense. | | | | victims of the accident. |
| You might be wondering, is DUI a criminal offense? Is it | | | | Driving while intoxicated is one of the top causes of |
| something that you need to thoroughly prepare for | | | | road accidents all over the world which is why there |
| with a legal counsel and a line of defense? For all | | | | are steps taken in order to have a no tolerance policy |
| intents and purposes, driving under the influence is a | | | | for this type of offense because of the gravity of the |
| very serious offense and as such, it entails punishment | | | | consequences when it occurs. There have been and |
| that could be anywhere from suspension of driver's | | | | there will still be thousands, even millions of innocent |
| license, paying of hefty fines, community service, or | | | | lives that are at stake and the people from law |
| incarceration. It depends on which State you have | | | | enforcement agencies cannot warn people enough |
| committed the offense, the gravity of damaged that | | | | against drinking and driving. Responsibility comes at a |
| you have caused, and the number of offenses in your | | | | very high price these days and apparently, so does |
| tab. If it is your first offense, and there is no great | | | | the lack of it. |