Santa Barbara DUI Attorney Explains DUI Statistics and DWI Insights for Drunk Drivers

Santa Barbara DUI Attorney Explains DUI Statistics and DWI Insights for Drunk Drivers

Looking for Santa Barbara DUI Statistics? Santa Barbara is a very popular city in California, located to the north of Los Angeles. This community is home to more than 90,000 residents in the city proper, with another 200,000+ in the urban area. Santa Barbara is connected to Los Angeles and San Francisco by U.S. Highway…

Santa Barbara DUI Lawyer Explains Holiday Checkpoints for Drinking and Driving

Santa Barbara DUI Lawyer Explains Holiday Checkpoints for Drinking and Driving

‘Tis the season to be jolly – and the time of year you’re most likely to find yourself in jail, if you drink and drive. With increased holiday celebrations and those delicious festive cocktails that accompany them, you can bet that our streets and highways will be literally covered with law enforcement patrols between now…

Santa Barbara DUI Lawyer Explains Field Sobriety Tests for Drunk Drivers

Santa Barbara DUI Lawyer Explains Field Sobriety Tests for Drunk Drivers

Are field sobriety tests actually useful in catching drunk drivers? Or have they become a tool to incarcerate clumsy and uncoordinated automobile operators? First we must take a look at the 3 standard tests to determine the answer to these questions. Field sobriety tests have been developed to test divided attention, requiring a person to…

Santa Barbara DUI Attorney Reviews Interlock Ignition Device after DUI Suspension

Santa Barbara DUI Attorney Reviews Interlock Ignition Device after DUI Suspension

As of 2009, nearly all 50 states have some laws regarding the use of ignition-interlock devices as an alternative to other methods of sentencing after a DUI or DWI suspension. In California, the court must legally impose the interlock device and only for a maximum of three years from the date of conviction. To receive…

Santa Barbara DUI Attorney Reports on DUI Enforcements Avoid the 12

Santa Barbara DUI Attorney Reports on DUI Enforcements Avoid the 12

It was reported by Edhat that the “Avoid the 12,” which is Santa Barbara County’s multi-jurisdictional DUI task force received a one year grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. “The grant, which is administered by the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office, funds enforcement efforts through DUI/driver’s…

Santa Barbara DUI Attorney Reports on Ignition Interlock Device Pilot Program

Santa Barbara DUI Attorney Reports on Ignition Interlock Device Pilot Program

There are four counties serving as testing grounds for a law that would force anyone convicted of drunken driving to install a Breathalyzer device in their car. The Sacramento Bee reports: “In total, there have been 13,288 people convicted of DUI in the four counties – Sacramento, Los Angeles, Alameda and Tulare – since the…