Wallethub.com, a financial services website, has attempted to rank states based on how tough and lenient their laws are on DUI offenders. Wallethub cited a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration statistic that 31 percent of motor vehicle fatalities in 2012 involved alcohol impairment. This number, however, has dropped significantly since 1980 when states began taking […]
Driving Under the Influence (DUI) is no doubt a serious offense so some people understandably assume a conviction for DUI or DUAC (Driving with an Unlawful Alcohol Content) means a felony on their record. This is not necessarily the case. When Can Someone be Charged with a Felony DUI in SC? There are various situations […]
Most everyone knows that driving a car while impaired illegal and dangerous. What many people may not know is that in South Carolina there is, effectively, a DUI moped “loophole”. This allows individuals to drive small mopeds while intoxicated without facing the same charges as someone driving a car, truck, or motorcycle. Mopeds, while similar […]
On June 10, 2015, a Greer resident was charged with driving under the influence (DUI) in connection with a deadly wreck three miles north of Greer. The accident occurred on June 8 at approximately 11 PM on State 101 near North Rutherford Road. The crash was so severe that the road was closed for several […]
If you are from out of state and receive a South Carolina DUI you may face additional complications pertaining to your driver’s license. Although a South Carolina DUI can only suspend a South Carolina license, all convictions will be reported to your home state. This means that you will face the same penalties against your […]
A woman in Williamson County, Tennessee (near Nashville) was recently arrested for her sixth DUI offense for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. This time it was an inhalant–likely nitrous oxide. Those interested in obtaining a euphoric effect inhale this chemical, commonly known as laughing gas. It is a colorless, non–flammable gas commonly used […]
South Carolina is the worst state in the nation in regards to the percentage of drunken driving deaths, according to a recent study by the National Highway Safety Administration. South Carolina had 767 traffic deaths in 2013; of those fatalities, 335, or 44 percent, were attributable to drunken driving. The national average is currently 31 percent. […]
It seems like there is a smartphone app for everything these days, from silly video games to powerful GPS navigation systems. Now, several state governments are working to build apps that can help people stay safe on the roads and avoid being arrested for DUI title. According to a story from GovTech.com, government agencies, with the […]
Technology is all around us and we are all constantly on our cell phones, iPad, tablets, and other devices where we keep some of our most personal information. Most people do not delete our sensitive information and if we do, can’t the police get it anyway? Now each case is different and depending on the […]
The key to determining whether you have committed a second DUI in South Carolina is the ten year look-back period (also known as “wash out period”). In other words, a DUI offense only becomes a “second” offense if it was committed within ten years of another South Carolina DUI. Sentencing is also based on the […]
Driving under the influence of alcohol, or “DUI” as it is usually called, is one of the most commonly committed crimes in the United States. Yet it is almost always committed by a noncriminal – that is, by an otherwise respectable citizen who has never been in trouble with the law. Consequently, representation of the […]
The National Transportation Safety Board has called on all 50 states to reduce the allowable blood-alcohol concentration by more than a third, to 0.05 percent from 0.08 percent. The recommendation was one of 19 made in a safety report released by the Board Tuesday after a year-long investigation into the problem of substance-impaired driving. “The research clearly […]