I've just had my first offense dui charge following an accident, should I go through my insurance?
I blew an .08 at the scene and a 07 at the station. I'm 32, a professional female with a great driving record. I'm hoping to get my charge lessened if possible. I'm in LA County. Is there any chance to reduce the charge to an infraction of sorts? What kind of consequences am I facing and what are my...
I blew an .08 at the scene and a 07 at the station. I'm 32, a professional female with a great driving record. I'm hoping to get my charge lessened if possible. I'm in LA County. Is there any chance to reduce the charge to an infraction of sorts? What kind of consequences am I facing and what are my options? Please help..
You better get a free consult from an attorney. The insurance company WILL find out about it, and since driving under influence is against the law, the insurance company probably won’t pay for anything unless you get the DUI removed, and only an attorney is going to be able to get close to that. They don’t have to pay if you were breaking the law, and these days, they won’t. They could cancel you or put you on high risk insurance.
You are a professional female, so stop asking the mostly non-professionals on here and hire a lawyer to answer your questions as only someone there will know your best options to mitigate the damages of your mistake. They will also know exactly what the max and min to expect based on how they will defend your case in the court that you will be going to. Between either fines and penalties and lawyer’s fees, you will be looking somewhere between 2k and 5k to fight this.
I personally don’t see what they can do for you as you either had 2 very strong drinks within an hour or so of driving or you drank even more over time and then still get behind the wheel. That’s what 0.08 means, there is no way you just had 1 drink and waited an hour to drive home. The 0.08 at the scene and the 0.07 30 minutes to an hour later at the station mean that you were legally drunk when they pulled you over.