| There's a big difference between a DUI and a | | | | Of course drinking and driving accidents kill far too |
| DWI. Not just legally, but financially and criminally. | | | | many people, most of whom are innocent |
| The only way to be certain is to know the legal | | | | bystanders, so penalties should be harsh. That |
| limits and to take an alcohol breath test. An | | | | being said, an alcohol breath test can be an |
| alcohol breath test will give you an exact alcohol | | | | inaccurate tests, and field sobriety test can be |
| to blood content, which is what the police use to | | | | way off. You can appear drunk if you are |
| enforce the drunk driving laws that are so vigilant. | | | | fatigued. It is your right to not take an alcohol |
| Using an alcohol breath test is the most common | | | | breath test, but in most cases the law then |
| and easy way to find out if and how much alcohol | | | | presumes that you are guilty. |
| a person has consumed. In all states there are | | | | The best way to know for certain if you have |
| drinking laws. An alcohol breath test, usually | | | | any doubts is to not drive. Get a cab or have a |
| preceded by a field sobriety test, is the way that | | | | designated driver drive you around. If that is not |
| a policeman deduces whether or not you've been | | | | possible, the second best thing you can do is |
| drinking, and if you've been drinking excessively | | | | administer your own alcohol breath test. They |
| before or while you were behind the wheel of a | | | | make digital alcohol breath tests and breath |
| car. | | | | analyzers that range in price from fifty dollars to |
| Once it is determined that you've been drinking an | | | | a few hundred dollars that are as accurate as any |
| alcohol breath test will help to determine your | | | | breath test that the police department or |
| alcohol blood content, or the amount of alcohol in | | | | government agencies might use. |
| your blood, which is used to distinguish the charge. | | | | Some jobs require that you take random alcohol |
| The difference being, usually by one tenth of a | | | | breath tests and these are usually the devices |
| percentage, that you are either legally drunk and | | | | used. The fact of the matter is that it's wrong to |
| driving, which results in a driving while intoxicated | | | | drink and drive and can be dangerous to you and |
| charge which gives the stiffest of penalties, or | | | | to those around you. |
| that you are charged with a driving under the | | | | The best way to avoid trouble is to simply not |
| influence charge, which means you are guilty of | | | | drink and drive. Police and prosecutors, however, |
| having driven after imbibing alcohol, but that you | | | | rely heavily, almost solely on alcohol breath tests |
| weren't legally drunk. | | | | when it comes to drinking and driving cases. If |
| In most states these days one is considered | | | | you are involved in a drinking and driving case, it is |
| drunk if they blow a .10, and anything beneath | | | | best to have all the info available to you about |
| that, a .008 for instance, means you will be | | | | the matter. |
| charged with a DUI. In both cases, if you are | | | | If you've been convicted before it could be |
| found guilty, the penalties are severe. A DWI | | | | imperative that you have your own way to |
| penalty can be life altering, requiring loss of license, | | | | self-administer an alcohol breath test. It could |
| substantial jail time, and large financial penalties. | | | | save lives. |