| There are certain types of traffic violations and the | | | | DUI attorney. |
| most common is the misdemeanor and felony traffic | | | | Felony Traffic Violation |
| violations. Some states classify offenses based on the | | | | Felony traffic violations include serious offenses like hit |
| gravity and the punishment involved in the charges. | | | | and run felony, vehicular homicide, repeat DUI and DWI |
| Misdemeanor Traffic Violation | | | | felony, and other grave traffic offenses that can be |
| A traffic violation with misdemeanor charges is minor | | | | considered as felony due to the severity of the |
| offense that can involve driving without license or | | | | offense. The most common felony traffic offense is |
| insurance, DUI and DWI misdemeanor, hit and run | | | | the hit and run felony. Hit and run felony is an offense |
| misdemeanor, or reckless driving. The most popular | | | | committed while crashing or in collision with another |
| and often committed charge is DUI misdemeanor. | | | | vehicle, a property, or a person and then leaving the |
| There are a lot of factors that can define a DUI as a | | | | scene of the crime intentionally. This is more likely |
| misdemeanor offense and by knowing this; it can help | | | | described as fleeing the crime after commission. |
| people to understand the meaning of a DUI offense. | | | | Vehicular homicide is considered to be the most |
| Although this is considered as a minor crime compared | | | | serious of felony traffic violation since it involves death |
| to DUI charge with felony, some state still look at it as | | | | in the charges. Charges for this particular driving |
| a serious offense. Although some states have varying | | | | offense may vary from state to state but most have |
| qualifications and criteria related to the alcohol content | | | | the same class penalty even if the offender has no |
| present in the blood of the offender, there are some | | | | intention of killing somebody while driving a vehicle. |
| common considerations that delineate the illegality of | | | | Courts from all states consider vehicular homicide as |
| the alcohol concentration in the blood resulting to | | | | felony but may differ on the way a sentence is ruled |
| impairment and inability to operate a vehicle. For most | | | | depending on the legislation of a particular state. |
| states, the common definition of DUI is having an | | | | Vehicular homicide can also be classified as first |
| alcohol concentration of at least 0.8 for people 21 | | | | degree and second degree vehicular homicide with |
| years old and above. Other states impose a strict | | | | first degree being the most serious of this category. It |
| legislation about minor DUI offenders and some applies | | | | becomes a first degree vehicular homicide because of |
| the per se system in which an offender can still be | | | | the intention present in the commission of the crime. |
| charged with DUI even if there is no evident proof of | | | | The intent is determined when the offender failed to |
| impairment other than the chemical analysis of the | | | | stop his vehicle or run away from the scene of the |
| alcohol content found in the blood. This serves as the | | | | crime which eventually resulted to the death of the |
| framework of the DUI misdemeanor offense but can | | | | victim. |
| still be contested in the court with the help of a good | | | | |