It might be assumed that your car insurance rate will be affected after receiving a DUI, but did you know that other types of insurance could be affected as well, including life insurance?
You get into the driver’s seat after an evening of delicious food and great wine with friends, after you put the keys in the ignition and start the car you realize that you are impaired and shouldn’t drive home. You leave the car in park and call your buddy to come pick you up and…
Protect Your Teen!Advocate for your Child! Know the rights and penalties for minors and alcohol. Join attorney, and former cop, Ken Hallum for a presentation on understanding your child’s rights. Learn how to be an advocate for your child, should they be charged with a drinking related crime. Don’t miss valuable tips that could save…
You’ve had 3 beers with friends and decide to drive home since you only live a mile from the bar. Just your luck, a cop stops you. You’re asked to blow into the Breathalyzer machine, what now?! Submitting to a Breathalyzer test before you have been arrested is voluntary, so you have every right to…
Santa Barbara County has received another grant to combat the number one killer on Santa Barbara Roadways, drunk driving. The $130,000 grant from The California Office of Traffic Safety will fund the task force ‘AVOD the 12’. The ‘AVOID the 12′ DUI Task Force is named to send the message that if you don’t drink…
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…
“Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” is the slogan for Santa Barbara’s AVOID the 12 DUI enforcement campaign. This year officers and deputies will be aggressively looking for impaired drivers and will arrest anyone caught driving under the influence. There will be eight DUI/driver’s license checkpoints, 18 DUI saturation patrols, a multiagency DUI task force…
An arraignment is generally your first court appearance. For the Santa Barbara drunk driver, or in other words someone presumed innocent but accused in a DUI arrest report of DUI reckless driving or similar, it is the first step in the court process. The arraignment is a court hearing at which when you are accused…
A conviction during a DUI trial could cost you more than $5,000.
The total cost to each adult in the United States for drunk driving-related situations adds up to an average of $500 per head.