| Last summer and during the Labor Day weekend, | | | | especially on technicalities that they are familiar with. |
| there were around 1097 driving under the Influence | | | | Some of them are: |
| arrests made based on the statistics of the California | | | | - Were you told of your rights when having the test? |
| Avoid Program. What was also interesting that during | | | | The field sobriety tests are voluntary and you have a |
| that time there were no DUI fatal collisions. This goes | | | | right not to take the test and may opt for the blood |
| to show how important and effective police | | | | alcohol test, breath analysis test or the urine analysis |
| enforcement is regarding DUI. Though the highways | | | | test instead. If you were not told that the field sobriety |
| are great to drive in with its wide roads and easy | | | | tests were voluntary, you may have a good case. |
| access, they also can be dangerous as cars go on | | | | - Do you have medical condition that may taint the |
| high speeds and any person driving under the influence | | | | breath test? Having bad breath or dental problems |
| is potentially a killer. For this reason a DUI misdemeanor | | | | may actually hold alcohol in your mouth that may |
| arrest is the lesser of a DUI arrest with a felony | | | | contaminate the exam. If you have an acid reflux |
| charge of murder in cases of a fatal collision. | | | | syndrome problem or a gastro esophageal reflux |
| San Diego has its share of DUI cases in the courtroom | | | | condition, this can also be a condition exempting you |
| averaging 15000 a year. Its high rate may come | | | | from the breath testing |
| especially from those who crossed the border during a | | | | - If you were talking cough drops or even altoids and |
| long weekend or holiday and are rushing back not | | | | strong mints when the breath testing was done, this |
| quite sober as they hoped to be. Still, with the arrest, | | | | could also affect the test results and show higher |
| there is a chance of some of these defendants in | | | | alcohol results |
| pleading their case especially if there is a good San | | | | Though hiring a San Diego DUI lawyer may cost some |
| Diego DUI lawyer around who takes their case. Why a | | | | money, at the very least you get a fighting chance in |
| local hire? Perhaps its is because of their knowledge | | | | defending yourself against a DUI conviction which will |
| of the local scene especially with the police | | | | leave a permanent spot on your record and may |
| enforcement and the local courts, that they may be | | | | make you lose your license for 6 months. You may |
| able to get you out and have those charges dropped, | | | | even have to spend some time in jail and pay a fine. |