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What Happens When a Pilot gets a DUI/DWI?

Your worst nightmare as a pilot ? a DUI. Will this end your career as a pilot? What if you are the lawyer representing a pilot? Is this a simple DUI case or will it end your law career with a malpractice lawsuit? I know these questions can light up you
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DUI Law Punishments

It's no surprise that current DUI Law mandates that DUI punishments cause problems in your personal life in the short term. With punishments such as temporary loss of license, community service, fines, alcohol education and assessment, etc… it forces yo
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DUI News and Events

New DUI law tougher, more costly (The Beacon News)

Beginning Jan. 1, the DUI law will be a lot tougher. And much more expensive. In the past, a first-time Illinois offender who had a statutory summary suspension -- meaning their driving privileges were suspended because of a drunken driving arrest -- could request a judicial driving permit.That permit is on the way out. As of Jan. 1, it will be replaced by the monitoring device driving permit.

Upcoming state law cracks down on DUI offenders (The State Journal-Register)

A new state law is cracking down on first-time DUI offenders in Illinois. As of Jan. 1, they will have to outfit their vehicles with alcohol-detection equipment if they want to drive legally to work or anywhere else while their licenses are suspended.

Irish judge dismisses DUI charges because of urine inhalation (USA Today)

An Irish judge tossed two DUI cases last month because of the possibility that steam from the defendants' urine tainted the results of breathalyzer tests, local papers report. "The law requires that a person suspected of drink driving must be observed by a garda for 20 minutes before being breath tested at a garda station. They must not take anything by mouth during this period," The Kerryman ...

DUI offenders will need to buy locking devices in January (SouthtownStar)

SPRINGFIELD - A new state law is cracking down on first-time DUI offenders in Illinois.

DUI task force arrests 60 since Wednesday (Tucson Citizen)

Law officers with the Southern Arizona DUI Task Force stopped 3,539 motorists over the Thanksgiving weekend, arresting 60 of them on suspicion of drunken driving, the task force said in a news release.

Lorain law director sentenced to 90 days in jail (The Elyria Chronicle-Telegram)

LAKEWOOD â€“ An apologetic Mark Provenza was sentenced Monday to 90 days behind bars for an August drunken driving crash in which the Lorain law director rammed a Lakewood home with his wifeâ€™s minivan. â€œI am truly sorry,â€ he said during the hearing. Provenza, who has two prior DUI convictions, pleaded [...]

DUI taskforce arrests 118 drivers (East Valley Tribune)

The number of DUI arrests made by the East Valley DUI Task Force the first three days after Thanksgiving are down compared to last year, according to the Governorâ€™s Office of Highway Safety.

Penn State mascot arrested on DUI charge (Daily Illini)

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. - The Penn State senior who plays the Nittany Lion mascot was arrested on a DUI charge and his status for the Rose Bowl is in doubt, police and school officials said. James Sheep was pulled over on campus around 3:15 a.m. on Nov. 22, hours before Penn State's 49-18 win over Michigan State, university police Capt.

REGION: CHP makes 108 DUI arrests in county over Thanksgiving weekend (North County Times)

SAN DIEGO COUNTY ---- California Highway Patrol officers made 108 DUI arrests in San Diego County during the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, down from 128 during the same period last year, the CHP reported Sunday morning.

State's high court upholds DUI conviction (The Argus Leader)

PIERRE - Law officers had a right to stop a late-night driver in a small, rural community even though they didn't see any traffic violations, the South Dakota Supreme Court has ruled. The court unanimously upheld the drunken driving conviction of Aaron Noteboom, a Corsica man who was stopped even though two law officers testified they hadn't seen any traffic violations or noticed any vehicle ...