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A Step Towards Safer Roads by Lowering BAC to .5 New York State is considering a significant change to its drunk driving laws by lowering the legal blood alcohol concentration (BAC) limit from .08 to .05. This proposal aims to reduce the number of alcohol-related accidents and fatalities on the state’s roads. The initiative has …
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What to Expect from a Gun Charges Case If you are facing gun charges, it is important to know the specifics of your situation and be aware of your rights. An experienced gun possession attorney can provide the legal advice necessary to give you peace of mind during this difficult time. Before hiring an attorney …
Droves of couples seeking divorce are flooding courthouses across the country, apparently agreeing on one thing: Make it official by the end of the year. Divorce attorneys are reporting that their workloads have increased four-fold, all to help their clients end their marriage by 2019 when changes from President Donald Trump’s Tax Cuts and Jobs …
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Some states refer drunk driving as Driving Under the Influence (DUI), others refer to it as Driving While Intoxicated (DWI) and a small number of states called it Operating Under the Influence (OUI). This criminal offense generally includes either driving under the influence of alcohol to the extent it impairs your physical and mental abilities, …
Police often times utilize field sobriety tests (FST) in the course of DUI stops to gauge whether a driver is intoxicated or not. FST are roadside tests intended for assessing a driver’s mental and physical capacities. In principle, the impacts of alcohol will make an intoxicated driver perform more inefficiently on these tests than a …
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