Got pulled over last night and being charged with a DUI

**BatemanPatrickl** · 02-26-11, 02:30 PM

Sorry man get a lawyer though.

**Mr KLC** · 02-26-11, 02:33 PM

Time to go to the casino, and see if you can make your dreams come true.

**GOIRISH** · 02-26-11, 02:34 PM

how are you being charged with a dui if you didnt take any of the tests? also isnt that automatic suspension of your license if you refuse to be tested?

**forloveofthegame** · 02-26-11, 02:36 PM

Originally posted by GOIRISH

how are you being charged with a dui if you didnt take any of the tests? also isnt that automatic suspension of your license if you refuse to be tested?

im in illinios and im not real clear how it works. it looks like you lose it for 12 months but i havent figured out if it would be a dui also. i think refusal to test is the same as failing. i will clear that up monday with an attorney

**EDDIE MONEY LINE** · 02-26-11, 02:36 PM

should not have refused the tests

**denn333** · 02-26-11, 02:36 PM

it will get better.

**YorkHunt** · 02-26-11, 02:37 PM

Good luck with that.

**GOIRISH** · 02-26-11, 02:38 PM

Originally posted by forloveofthegame

im in illinios and im not real clear how it works. it looks like you lose it for 12 months but i havent figured out if it would be a dui also. i think refusal to test is the same as failing. i will clear that up monday with an attorney

you werent arrested? i was unaware you could just refuse to be tested for alcohol and then just drive off no questions asked

**FuzzyDunlop** · 02-26-11, 02:39 PM

Originally posted by forloveofthegame

im in illinios and im not real clear how it works. it looks like you lose it for 12 months but i havent figured out if it would be a dui also. i think refusal to test is the same as failing. i will clear that up monday with an attorney

The officer should have informed you of that. If they didn't, let the lawyer know. Any priors?

**onetrickpony** · 02-26-11, 02:42 PM

u went over 29mph the limit and u got a dui, why get a lawyer ur fuked

**DiggityDaggityDo** · 02-26-11, 02:43 PM

Never speed after drinking.

**cant call it** · 02-26-11, 02:44 PM

In Alabama if you take the sobriety test and fail you lose your license for 12 months.
If you refuse the test its 90 days.
Makes alot of sense I know.

**stevek173** · 02-26-11, 02:44 PM

Lawyer it up. I hope for your sake no priors, I would imagine you would have mentioned them if so. The whole thing will cost you about $2k. You will lose your license. By refusing to take the tests you are automatically guilty, no point in fighting it. He will probably try to charge you with other things too (reckless driving, speeding ticket, etc.) the lawyer should get rid of those.

It will suck and it wil lbe tough but you are in their game now make no mistake.

Oh and do it again and you will be in the clinker brother. Remember that and good luck.

**Deuce** · 02-26-11, 02:45 PM

3-4 and you didn't take a sobriety test? Do you weigh 120lbs?

**crustyme** · 02-26-11, 02:46 PM

too bad u didnt get the rodney king treatment

**Cuse0323** · 02-26-11, 02:47 PM

why did you refuse if you only had 3-4 drinks. you would have been around .08, probably less if you weigh a normal amount and they weren't drank in like a half hour.

**cant call it** · 02-26-11, 02:47 PM

taxi is way cheaper

**Dirty Sanchez** · 02-26-11, 02:48 PM

Good luck in jail...make sure you put sand in your pockets to add to the Vaseline

**jwbama23** · 02-26-11, 02:49 PM

Originally posted by EDDIE MONEY LINE

should not have refused the tests

I have been told by Lawyers and Police officers both.......YOU ALWAYS REFUSE!!!

**EaglesPhan36** · 02-26-11, 02:50 PM

If you didn't blow or take any field tests, any lawyer gets you off with little effort. It's pretty simplistic if this is the actual case. There is no evidence, there is nothing to prove you even had a drink other than what the officer said.

And agreed with above, you always refuse to test if there is any question of your sobriety. A good lawyer can pick apart these sort of cases - but if you blow and you're over, you're fukked.

**FuzzyDunlop** · 02-26-11, 02:52 PM

Originally posted by jwbama23

I have been told by Lawyers and Police officers both.......YOU ALWAYS REFUSE!!!

I've always been told 'When in doubt, whip it out'. I need new mentors.

**Pauulzcappin** · 02-26-11, 02:53 PM

If you drink and drive you are a douchebag.

**onetrickpony** · 02-26-11, 02:55 PM

Originally posted by Pauulzcappin

If you drink and drive and get caught you are a douchebag.

fixed it for u

**cant call it** · 02-26-11, 02:59 PM

Originally posted by EaglesPhan36

If you didn't blow or take any field tests, any lawyer gets you off with little effort. It's pretty simplistic if this is the actual case. There is no evidence, there is nothing to prove you even had a drink other than what the officer said. And agreed with above, you always refuse to test if there is any question of your sobriety. A good lawyer can pick apart these sort of cases - but if you blow and you're over, you're fukked.

This is pretty accurate. If you did not answer questions, or let him know you had been drinking, he really has no support for his claim of you driving drunk. A good lawyer that is well into the system will get you off for a couple grand or more, which is what you would have paid in fees/court costs if you do get charged with it. With this court system its really a game of cat/mouse. All the lawyer know the judges, clerks, cops , etc. Instead of charging you with it he can convince some people (using more than just words) to let the case drop on account of no evidence, and everyone gets paid, it does not go on the record books.
You will have to do something about that speeding ticket though, anything over 20 mph past speed limit is wreckless driving. that may be a whole different story altogether.
Good luck, yes listen to the folks, get a good lawyer.

**Full Time Hobo** · 02-26-11, 02:59 PM

Around here if you deny any test then you are automatically assumed under influence...
idk you could be screwed but good luck

**forloveofthegame** · 02-26-11, 03:04 PM

i was arrested after refusing to take sobriety test. i was taken to the station processed and released on $100 bond. i didnt know the speed limit was 55 until this morning. i take the route to work and i thought it was 65. either way i got pulled over on my exit ramp 5 mins from my house. i speed up to blow by a line of semis and cars so i knew i was ****** when i saw the cop.

As for drinking, i got off at 2 30 in the afternoon and headed over there until i left at 8. i didnt drink for the last hour but the drinks were on the company so take it at that.

**FuzzyDunlop** · 02-26-11, 03:12 PM

DUI or Suspicion of DUI?

**goofyre** · 02-26-11, 03:13 PM

I got an open intox in vehicle last week cuz I had a fifth in my backseat that had been opened the prior weekend I forgot about. Couldn't believe the cop wouldn't give me a break on it.

**ronjon619** · 02-26-11, 03:22 PM

you can kiss $5000 goodbye.

**ttwarrior1** · 02-26-11, 03:34 PM

take the dui and get hardship license for work, you can also research the alford plea.

**PingPong** · 02-26-11, 03:54 PM

always refuse the tests! if a cop asks you if you've had anything to drink you're already ******

**Dirty Sanchez** · 02-26-11, 03:58 PM

I would take a jail sentence and try to get your life in order. Sure, you might get your ass ripped by a lonely con, but it might make you a better person in the end

**freeVICK** · 02-26-11, 04:03 PM

Good call not taking the tests. Any lawyer can get you off or at the very least limit the damage. Most likely you'll just get fined and maybe a drivers ed class or something minimal

**jgray** · 02-26-11, 04:16 PM

Originally posted by Dirty Sanchez

I would take a jail sentence and try to get your life in order. Sure, you might get your ass ripped by a lonely con, but it might make you a better person in the end

Wow. Harsh world you live in. Out of curiosity, when's the next bible study session?