DUI Charges – What Has Changed?
Most states in the United States have begun passing laws that crack down on people who drink and drive to the point that they are impaired by the alcohol. Regardless of whether an individual is charged with a DUI or DWI, the laws are much stricter than they were ten years ago, with more being drafted and/or implemented with each passing year. Before long, the legislature may look at lowering the legal limit once again… Although the penalty phase for these charges is drastically different, state laws can be hard to understand, and even harder to interpret. Accordingly, the higher one’s blood alcohol content (BAC) is, the worse the penalty likely will be. Other potential sticky issues can be age and prior convictions for the same charge. Each of these can lead to harsher penalties. Age can be an issue for those who get caught driving under the influence while under the age of twenty-one (or whatever the legal drinking age is in that area). If the person has any alcohol at all in their
