i got a 2nd dui arrest, the first time it was brought down to wreckless driving.

This time i was not drunk, but my breath smelled like alcohol and even though I passed the sobriety test I was still arrested. Later i refused to take the breathalyzer. What r my chances of winning this case and is it possible to get my license back if i get a lawyer?

If you're out driving and you happen to come across a checkpoint, what can you expect from them? Do they typically just shine a light in your eyes and talk to you a bit to see if you're visibly intoxicated, and then send you on your way? Is it true that there's a sensor in their flashlights that can detect traces of alcohol (if so, how sensitive and accurate is it)? Do they randomly select drivers to get out and dance a jig and give a breathalyzer? Do they also normally use a checkpoint as an opportunity to bring around a drug sniffing dog as well as check all cars for equipment violations, or do they just focus on catching the drunks?

My husband just recently got a DUI in Virginia. He passed all of the field tests, but blew a .21 in the breathalyzer. The officer told him that he could not use the breathalyzer outcome in court. Should he get an attorney, or do it on his own. We don't have much money, we have a baby due in one week and I don't want him to do more than 2 weeks in jail.... please help

No crash, criminal record, anything. Got pulled over for incomplete stop at stop sign and got a DUI (chose blood test over breathalyzer). If I'm not contesting the DUI, is it still worth it to get an attorney? Or just go in myself and plead guilty? The attorney fees would come in real handy elsewhere, but if it helps...

Thank you.

I'm 16 years old and am being charged with three felony counts of reckless endangerment(one for each minor in the car), one count of reckless driving, and one of a suspected marijuana-induced DUI. I do not own a license or a permit.

I was driving my girlfriend and two friends home from a party, because I was afraid otherwise they would have driven home with a drunk driver and possibly lost their lives. I didn't want that to happen. Anyway, I had smoked marijuana around 10PM and was on the road at around 1:30AM, and was (by my perception) completely sober.

I'm not an experienced driver by any means and was driving at night on a windy road with faint lines. I admit I was weaving a bit, but my girlfriend's car has horrible handling (extremely loose) and always weaves to the right for no apparent reason. Me, not being an experienced driver, was trying to constantly correcting this. I was also speeding up and slowing down (pressing down on the gas pedal and then releasing it to coast). There was 9-1-1 call from a car following us that suspected me to be driving under the influence.

I was pulled over by a police officer minutes later. I was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of marijuana. I failed two sobriety tests(the two leg ones), because because my muscles were so damn sore from playing basketball. Funny thing is I passed The Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus Test. According to the officer (who apparently is a Drug Evaluator Expert, so he can testify in court as an expert) my pupils were extremely dilated.

When I was brought into the station for booking, I took a breathalyzer with 0.00%BAC. I also took a urine test.

Now here are my questions:

What are my options?

If ANY amount of marijuana shows up on the urine test, is that enough for a DUI conviction?

What is the amount of marijuana that is needed to be found for a conviction?

Thanks for any help!
By the three counts of reckless endangerment, it's one felony for each minor in the vehicle. Which there were three.

I, like everyone else am getting quite sick of blowing into a breathalyzer everytime I get pulled over by the police... I'm a big guy with a big tolerance for alchohol and I think its insane that the legal limit in my state is .08

I'm proposing a new idea, and I'd like some feedback. As part of driving tests, along with the written and the road test there should be a drunk test. This test (which is optional) will give the new driver an opportunity to particpate in a supervised test of intoxication.

At this point, the driver can be assesed and appointed a CORRECT BAC limit and it will be printed on his license.

So, now if I get pulled over and blow a .14, I can legally drive away since my body can handle it.

I think this will help out tremendously with DWI arrests, prison cells and it will also help out restaurants and bars as they will sell more.

Its not fair that we are all punished because some lightweight can't handle their beer...

what do you think?

I'm curious if there are any crimes or infractions that can come out of acting a little drunk the next time I roll up to a DUI checkpoint. I don't drink and drive (ever), but if I have 0.0% on the breathalyzer but slur my words and creatively fail their sobriety tests, can I be charged with anything? Or will I just tick the police off?