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Can You Be Charged With DUI or DUAC Without a Traffic Violation in South Carolina?

Can You Be Charged With DUI or DUAC Without a Traffic Violation in South Carolina?

Answer

A driver can be charged with DUI or DUAC even without speeding, swerving, or committing another traffic violation. An officer investigating a collision may observe signs of impairment in a driver who was not at fault and pursue a DUI charge.

A traffic violation is not always the event that leads to a DUI charge. Drivers sometimes face DUI or DUAC charges even though they were not speeding or swerving.

For example, an officer investigating a collision may notice signs of impairment in a driver who did not cause the crash. That driver may still be charged with DUI, despite being free of fault for the collision.