“Do you agree to provide a chemical sample” is often the biggest DUI arrest question. The conviction rate in test cases is much higher than
Looking only at the Georgia law, it would appear that the answer to this question is “yes.” The Peachtree State has a per se DUI
Recently, we have received several calls from people who were almost literally asleep at the wheel, and before they knew what was happening, they were
During certain times, as many as a fifth of area drivers are under the influence of drugs. This figure may be artificially low, as it
Prior to the mid-1990s, DUI was essentially a traffic ticket. Frequently, officers released suspected drunk drivers with warnings. Even if the cases made it to
The first drunk driving crash probably happened in 1897. George Smith, a taxi driver, was allegedly intoxicated when he hit a building. He eventually pleaded
Several months after the Supreme Court ruled that DUI arrest procedures violated the state’s constitution, the legislature changed the procedures. In February 2019, the state’s
Roughly thirty years after the DUI crackdown began in Georgia and most other states, it is back to square one. The alcohol-related car crash fatality
Words have power. “Liberal” has a different connotation than “progressive,” even though they basically mean the same thing. Similarly, there’s a big difference between a
Can you beat a Breathalyzer As part of an extended crackdown, Georgia and other states began passing much tougher DUI laws in the mid-1990s. Reducing
