Driving under the Influence or Driving While Intoxicated, What Does it Mean If You are Caught

The responsibility of having a driver’s license is to give you legal permission to drive a vehicle on the road. This comes with lots of responsibility, and you need to take this confidence that is given to you by the State driving board seriously. Your conduct towards other road users is important while it is necessary to drive defensively. Good manners and consideration is always the right way to go while driving. Being charged for the offense of drunken driving or DUI/DWI is never good.

DWU/DUI offenses are considered serious. This is because your judgment is impaired, your reflexes are not as sharp as they should be, and you are a danger to both yourself and other road users. The fact that you are arrested and your alcohol level is measured, which is called BAC or Basic Alcohol Concentration, will determine the severity of the charges that will be metered out to you. If your BAC level is found to be 0.05% or 0.08%, this will not necessarily be considered to warrant a heavy charge as there is no need to prove impaired vision or intoxication. If your BAC level is 0.12% or higher, and there was an accident causing injury or death, your assault will be fined heavier and incarcerated for a very long time.

The categories of DUI/DWI offences are varied. The law in some States is dependent on the kind of job and or the kind of intoxication. Some drugs whether medical or social drugs are measured for DUI/DWI. In the case of employment, there are restrictions, and if during random testing you are found to be under the influence, you will be fired with no expectation of being rehired. In the United States Federal Road Administration there is a limit of 0.04% for train crew, while in the private employment category like Union Pacific Railroad their BAC level is 0.02%, and if randomly tested, or tested after an accident and you are found to be over the limit, you stand the chance of being fired immediately

Whatever the percentage levels for either DUI/DWI per State, it is expected you must be conscious of your actions while driving. The categories of intoxication are not only for alcohol; there are medicinal drugs, which may or will cause drowsiness, the use of hard social drugs which can cause hallucinations or impairment of vision or perception while driving, these are the situations that will cause dangerous accidents, and you will be given the full weight the law recommends at court.

To learn more about DUI/DWI defense attorneys, visit official website of Beall &Thies or visit this webpage http://beallthies.com/services/dwi-dui-defense/

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