| Driving Under the Influence is a serious charge. Even if | | | | have been done by overzealous cops. This is not a |
| it is a misdemeanor charge against you, meaning that | | | | perfect world and these things happen. If by chance |
| no one was hurt when the police made the arrest, the | | | | you happen to be one of those who were unfortunate |
| possibility of jail time, fines and a permanent record on | | | | enough to be cited for such, the best bet for you is to |
| you is something worth considering about. California | | | | get a local San Diego DUI defense lawyer to |
| has one of the strictest laws against DUI because of | | | | represent you. Granted that getting a local DUI lawyer |
| the vast highways it probably has and among the | | | | may be costly but it's worth the amount considering |
| cities and counties, San Diego has one of the most | | | | the alternative. What are the defenses these lawyers |
| stringent policies. Part of the reason for this is because | | | | will use to counter the arrest? |
| San Diego shares the border between the United | | | | - They will look at the video to see if you were |
| States and Mexico and because of this, the perennial | | | | cooperative and did not look inebriated. |
| onslaught of college folk and vacationers sojourning | | | | - They will probably look at the time line between you |
| through this city to Mexico may give rise to cases of | | | | being observed for DUI which has to be 15 minutes |
| DUI especially on the way back from Tijuana to the | | | | without any breaks or stops. This will start at the time |
| United States. Every year there are around 16000 DUI | | | | the police will mention that you are being observed for |
| cases being handled in San Diego alone. However, | | | | DUI. |
| their laws have had a good effect. During this year's | | | | - They will listen to the conversation to see if the police |
| summer season, though there have been 2000 arrests | | | | had correctly told you that the field sobriety test is a |
| of DUI, there have been no DUI related fatalities on | | | | voluntary one and that you could refuse it. |
| record. Could it be that the recent financial crisis has | | | | - They will look at your medical records to find out if |
| led to a decrease in out of town vacations? Maybe | | | | you have any condition that could have caused you to |
| so, but still there are more people alive today because | | | | have such high blood alcohol levels. |
| of that particular statistics. | | | | In such cases a local San Diego DUI defense lawyer is |
| There are also cases when some DUI arrests may | | | | your best bet to get out of such a situation. |