It seems that every week there is a fresh news headline recounting the latest DUI accident or death. States are cracking down on drunk driving with more law enforcement officers tasked exclusively with DUI enforcement. The National Transportation Safety Board recently released their recommendations encouraging a reduction in the DUI limit from a blood alcohol percentage of […]
Category Archives: DUI
It’s Friday night and you’ve been out at a bar with friends blowing off some steam after a long week. You have several beers, and when your party breaks up you feel like you’re still OK to drive. You get into your car, but after driving a block you realize that driving in your condition […]
Feeling the breeze in your hair, burning some extra calories, saving gas money, seeing your community from a different perspective, and keeping fossil fuel emissions out of the atmosphere are only a few of the benefits of cycling. Boulder and Denver consistently make the list for top bike-friendly cities in the country. Given that biking […]
I recently heard a great story from an attorney with a client accused of DUI. The story the client told seemed typical. He had drank a couple of beers while out at a bar with friends but he still felt in control and couldn’t figure out why the officer had assumed that he was DUI. […]
What would the world be like if you could drink as much as you want, but then sober up in only a few minutes by taking a pill? Some intrepid scientists are trying to make this future a reality in their new study and clinical trials in humans. The study was testing a drug on rats to […]
After you receive a DUI in Colorado most drivers receive an interlock system in their car when they get their license back. An interlock is simply a device that checks your BAC each time you go to start up your vehicle. One very common question is if a person has multiple cars, which cars does […]
Some people wonder if there is any difference between a DUI attorney, lawyer, or paralegal, and how these differences might affect their case. The first difference between a DUI attorney, lawyer, and paralegal is that a paralegal is not licensed to practice law. A paralegal is a professional trained to help attorneys. They often help […]
According to Colorado State Police, a 32 year-old Colorado woman with a history of alcohol related offenses is in custody after swerving her Ford Ranger pickup into oncoming traffic and causing a head on collision with a Nissan sedan. The driver of the Nissan, 33-year-old man, died at the scene. Two other passengers who were […]
Apple has given into a recent request by a handful of U.S. Senators to the smart phone industry to ban applications that provide DUI checkpoint information. Apple’s new guidelines state that “apps which contain DUI checkpoints that are not published by law enforcement agencies, or encourage and enable drunk driving, will be rejected.” An experiencedDenver DUI attorney […]
Plainly put, the Statute of Limitations is a law which prohibits prosecution of crimes after a certain duration of time has elapsed. Stated another way, the Statute of Limitations essentially creates an “expiration date” for crimes; if the “expiration date” for a crime has come and passed, charges for that crime can no longer be […]