DUI Blog
"Drunken-driving laws, law enforcement and legal procedures, blood-alcohol science and evidence, constitutional issues, and the politics of DUI."
Author: Lawrence Eric Taylor is the principal of the Law Offices of Lawrence Taylor Inc., which has eight California offices and on in Las Vegas. He wrote Drunk Driving Defense and California Drunk Driving Defense.
Blawg Related Categories: Constitutional Law • Criminal Procedure • Trials & Litigation • Evidence • States • California • Solo / Small Firm
Recent Posts from DUI Blog
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Fast-Food Dragnet Fails
A few days ago I posted about the latest police tactic: stationing cops in fast-food drive-thrus and nabbing drivers if they appeared to have DUI symptoms. See Burger With Fries…and Field Sobriety Tests. So how has that…
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Driving While Intoxicated vs Driving While Texting
Which is more dangerous to human life: driving under the influence of alcohol — or driving while texting? Texting Could Be More Dangerous Than Drunken Driving June 25 –This morning, NBC’s “Today” show featured a…
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DUI “Scarlet Letter” License Plates Another Bust
I’ve railed long and hard in the past about the growing trend of humiliating citizens convicted of drunk driving by forcing them to have special license plates on their cars (no matter who is driving). …
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Burger With Fries…and Field Sobriety Tests
Want to know where we’re going with MADD’s hysterical "war on drunk driving"? DUI Deputies May Be Posted in Drive-Thrus Tucson, AZ. June 14 – Drunken drivers with the late-night munchies soon could get more than…
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Signs of Reason
For years I’ve been preaching that the focus of the so-called "war on drunk driving" should be on the problem drinker — the alcoholic with prior convictions and/or very high blood-alcohol levels — rather than on the far more commonly…
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Another “DUI Exception to the Constitution”: Double Jeopardy
When a person is arrested for DUI, his driver’s license is confiscated by the arresting officer and he is given a notice of "administrative suspension". He is also given a citation to appear in court…
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Pre-Written DUI Police Reports
I’ve commented in past posts that it is becoming an increasingly common practice for police officers to simply use form or template arrest reports in drunk driving cases — what I have referred to in…
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“Close Enough for Government Work”
With more than a little federal coercion, all states have now passed laws lowering the blood-alcohol level to .08%. And most people suspected of violating the law are given breath tests to determine the level of alcohol in their…
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High Breathalyzer Readings….from Dieting
I’ve written in the past about how most so-called "breathalyzers" do not measure alcohol: they actually measure the presence of the methyl group in chemical compounds. One of those compounds is ethyl alcohol (aka ethanol), and the…
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Investigative Reporter Exposes DUI Attorney Practices
The May 2009 issue of California Lawyer magazine, circulated to all attorneys in the state, has just been published — featuring the cover article "The DUI Defense Bar". Investigative reporter Tom McNichol takes a hard (and long-overdue)…