DUI

Parents, the consequences of your teen getting a DUI can be severe. Especially here in San Diego, where there is a zero-tolerance policy for underage drinking and driving. If your son or daughter is found with a Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) of more than .01% --...

DUI-related crashes involving young drivers under the age of 21 remain a pressing concern in San Diego County, which is why police aggressively pull over younger motorists in pursuit of arrests. This blog post examines the cities within the county that have reported...

With Memorial Day weekend now behind us, we have entered what San Diego law enforcement calls the "100 Deadliest Days of Summer." This marks a period from Memorial Day to Labor Day when there is a significant increase in road incidents involving impaired driving. This...

The holiday season is officially in full swing with Thanksgiving over and Hannukah, Christmas and New Year's Eve just around the corner. It's a time for people in San Diego to get together with friends and family to celebrate the season. Events like the Mission Bay...

Getting arrested on a DUI charge can be scary. Besides possibly spending the night in jail, you are facing the loss of your driving privileges, hundreds of dollars in fines and court costs, and possibly your freedom. Especially if you have a prior offense or two on...

Because Labor Day is the unofficial end of summer and the final three-day weekend of the season, it's a popular day to hold parties, barbeques and other get-togethers. Labor Day festivities often involve drinking alcohol, which law enforcement in San Diego knows all...

On a recent Friday night, the San Diego County Sheriff's office held a DUI checkpoint in Poway. Deputies set up at an intersection and stopped passing motorists to check them for possible alcohol and/or marijuana impairment, as well as suspended or revoked driver's...

I was speaking with my colleague Eve Maestre.  She encouraged me to write something about DMV APS hearings.  Instead, I thought I would write about how someone can keep driving and stay on the road after you have been arrested on a San Diego DUI driving under the...

For most DUI offenses, perhaps the harshest part of the sentence is losing your driver's license. Without a legal license, you cannot drive to work, take your kids to school, or run most errands yourself -- at least, not without risking an arrest for driving on a...

If you're a member of the military and you were given a DUI in San Diego County, you may be interested in the military diversion program. San Diego County has one of the largest concentrations of active and veteran military servicemen. Diversion has historically been...