When law enforcement officers pull motorists over on suspicion of drinking and driving, they often use a myriad of tests to determine whether the driver is indeed intoxicated. One of the methods used is breath test devices. While these handheld monitors are easy to...
By driving a car on the public highways in Illinois, the law considers you to have given consent to a roadside breath or sobriety test. If a law enforcement officer stops your vehicle and reasonably suspects impairment, the officer may request that you perform a field...
Losing time at work due to jail or community service requirements after a driving under the influence conviction often leads to substantial financial losses. However, these may only be the tip of the ice burg in terms of the financial expense of drunk driving charges....
When you get a speeding ticket, you have a choice: do you pay it, or do you fight it? You may think that just paying off your speeding ticket is the easiest way to deal with it, but this action serves as an admission of guilt that could have more repercussions than...
Officer has many tools at their disposal to use in instances where they believe someone has driven under the influence. If they pull you over suspecting the same, then you may end up dealing with one or more of them. Field sobriety tests make up one of the many tools...
In Illinois, it is illegal to drive if you have a blood alcohol concentration above 0.08%. Thanks to educational campaigns and aggressive law enforcement, most residents of the Land of Lincoln know about this provision of state law. You may not realize it is not...
Illinois has some of the strictest drunk driving laws in the nation, and it is one of many states that require you to install an ignition interlock device on your vehicle after a first offense for driving under the influence. You must follow certain guidelines once...
Law officers in Illinois and throughout the United States use roadside breath test devices to determine whether drivers have a blood alcohol content level that is over the legal limit of 0.08. If you have ever been pulled over on suspicion of drinking and driving, you...
As a college student, you may feel like a DUI conviction will not impact you as much as it might affect others. But this is not true. College students in particular have a lot to lose if convicted of DUI related crimes. But in what ways can this conviction impact...
When you face a DUI charge, you may feel tempted to treat it lightly. This is especially true if you are looking at your first offense. But even a first time offense can net you some serious penalties, especially when it comes to DUI crimes. In fact, your entire...
