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Dance With Intensity - Latest News Latest News | About | Support | Downloads | Tools | Donate | Links | Contact Us Current Version: 2.50.00 Latest News SimWolf Yay for work. It's still tough to find time to work on DWI as I would like to, but there's some new features implemented and some bugs fixed that I think people would appreciate - so here's the latest version. v2.50.00 - August 14, 2003. NEW: Addition of WAVE, BRAKE, and 0.25x modifiers BUGFIX: Stage numbers and various other numbers are coloured again. BUGFIX: Bonus stages now default to Heavy/Maniac again. OTHER: Various other bugs I can't remember that have been fixed. Hope you enjoy! I've been really bad at replying to emails lately - I'm sorry. I do read all suggestions, and appreciate the feedback. I've just not had the time to reply to all of them. Thank you. Just a small note: I am thinking about a fairly comprehensive re-write of the DWI code that would allow for easier changes in future. However, if I undertake this new updates may be suspended until that's finished (which would probably become DWI3). SimWolf Sorry for the lack of updates the past few months. Things have been rather busy and I've just not been able to dedicate as much time to working on DWI as I would like. In addition, we've had some server problems and actually making the update has been troublesome. Anyway, I have been able to add some new features to the program and felt I should put it up, along with this newly designed website. Hope you enjoy. v2.49.00 - May 22, 2003. NEW: Addition of "Player's Best" and "Player's Worst" to CRS file format. NEW: Expanded functionality of random song selection in CRS files. You can now choose a random song by difficulty (instead of just foot ratings), and also select a random song in a particular folder NEW: Courses are now arranged in subfolders, allowing for different groupings of courses. One set could be for nonstop, others for challenge; or you can divide the courses up by mix or genre, etc. You can also give each folder its own banner, like in the song select interface. NOTE: You will have to move your existing courses into subfolders for them to be recognized! NEW: #DISPLAYBPM:[xxx..xxx]|[xxx]|[*]; added, to force a certain display type on song select screen. NEW: For users with old videocards that can't display semi-transparent images, you can now turn off the dithering effect that DWI uses if you like. Use the '/dither:0' command line argument. Tweaks to how #RANDFOLDER:...; behaves, plus program now searches folder DWI file is in for a "Movies" sub-folder, or AVIs in the same folder first before using the default /Movies/Random folder. Tweaks to banner display on Evaluation screen (for when song/course had no banner) Tweaks to record-display for courses. Tweak to beat-display in-game and in developers mode, so numbers won't 'jiggle'. BUGFIX: 'tiled images' on song-select screen (BPM, stage #, difficulty) and during gameplay on some old videocards has been fixed. You should probably consider upgrading to a better card though anyway. ;^) BUGFIX: Can now have up to 512 courses, instead of 64. Oops. ;) BUGFIX: "combo continuing" playing on every step past 9999 combo. BTW, I hate you. ;) BUGFIX: Game doesn't crash on entering course-select screen after you've added new CRS files. OTHER: Other bugfixes and tweaks that I can't begin to remember. :P Dance With Intensity | © 2003, SimWolf. | TOP
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Driving under influence God Driving under influence Home || Blog || Projects || Google Hacks || Artificial Life || Search || About 24 Jul 2004 Driving under influence God may be dead and there is not truth out there, but everybody agrees that driving under influence is Very Bad, right? But is it, or is it just one of those things we tell each other and we never question, because it involves sin (drinking) and death? Let's think about this for a bit if for nothing else then to question our believes. The statistics seem bad enough. In the Netherlands about a thousand people get killed in traffic every year, with estimates as high as half of those accidents being alcohol related. Stop people from drinking and cut the amount of people dying in traffic in half. How could anybody think driving under influence is not bad? Ah, but statistics are a tricky thing. According to NHTSA , the american government organisation researching these things, you have a 300 times higher chance of dying in a car crash if you have an alcohol level of 0.15 BAC. Again, a scary number, but if you don't really know how good your chances are while driving sober, it is not saying much. For comparision, 0.15 is what you get after you take nine alcoholic consumptions in two hours, assuming your a guy of about my size and is three times the amount legal in the Netherlands. Normally you have a chance of dying in car accident of about 7 in a billion per kilometer, so now it will be 210 in a billion. Does this sound scary, or not meaning any thing? Let's put it into perspective, most trips back from the bar are not that long, so your total chance getting killed is 2 in a million, which is similar to the chance of an airplane crashing (1 in a million, but usually a airplane trip is two legged) and will decrease your life expectancy by about half an hour, which is similar to the decrease in life expectancy you get by smoking three cigarettes, which is about the same amount of smoke you inhale when you don't smoke but stay in a bar for the night where people smoke. Before you stop me and tell me my assumptions are wrong, realize that that is not the point. The point is, we tend not to think about these things at all, we just assume they drinking and driving is bad, because it kills people. But risk is part of life and taking risk is unavoidable. Getting killed vs killing by Bram Interesting thought and good point to raise about questioning your believes. You say it yourself: statistics are a tricky thing. You only quote stats about *getting* killed. However, the chances of *killing* also rise (my assumption). I think that the deaths of innnocent people at the hands of drunk drivers bring emotions into the equation, probably too much of 'em to apply the reason in the way you do. It'll make your good point a hard sell on most people I fear. Re: Getting Killed vs Killing by Douwe Osinga Yes, that is a difference, though the same could be argued for secondary smoke. But the question how much I can endanger the lives of others is very hard to answer. Driving 600 km while sober endangers others as much as driving 2 km drunk, but if you visit a friend in an other country on a surprise trip, people usually don't go, but think of all the innocent people you've endangered, while if you take the same friend to a bar for a drink and drive home drunk, they will. Risk by Anyhoo, You say <I>risk is part of life and taking risk is unavoidable</I>, but surely the point is to manage the risks and so minimise them? You seem to argue that it is an individual's right to take risks, and to a certain extent, I think most people would agree. However, if an individual taking risks causes greater risk to those around that person (and thus endanger their individual rights, including of taking risks), then should society's nominees be allowed to restrain such a reckless individual? Should society be able, through laws and campaigns, to reduce acts which negatively impact the lives of others? As for the example in your comment, it's a matter of where to position the threshold. It depends entirely on the definitions for a reasonable quality of life, what one means by freedom [and what constitutes a negative impact]. Should smoking be required? Permitted? Banned in some places? Banned in many places? Banned everywhere bar the home? Banned in the presence of any human? Banned in the presence of any respiring animal? Banned everywhere? Is there a right to harm, or a right to self-harm? As an aside: Is it worse to drink-drive for 2 km in a congested city or a barren desert? Morally or legally? What about the impact on humans, or the environment? Sorry if I seem to be playing devil's advocate, though I suspect you are as well. And now for the sucking up and ending on a positive note bit: Great blog - been reading for a while, please keep going, and don't worry about infrequent posting. Risk and statistics by zurn I agree with the points made in the comments above about risk management and statistics. Something to keep in mind is your judgement is impaired, even slightly, after your first glass of alcohol. Considering how dangerous and traumatic a car collision can be, is it acceptable to knowingly increase that risk and personally impair the driver of the vehicle, yourself? Also, keep in mind that you may not cause any fatalities, but you may still cripple someone, or incapacitate them for a while. Those are not reflected in fatality statistics. I can see what you're trying to say about driving long distances, and the per/km risk, but thinking in terms of such global statistics isn't always that helpful in real life. What a long drive increases the risk of is your encountering odd traffic situations or high-risk events such as other bad/careless/drunk drivers or bad weather/roads. It is in these situations that your full, un-impaired judgement may be required to avert inconvenience, injury, or death. These are the situations I think of when I consider drinking and driving, not simply driving a straight line down an empty road. Flying is a bit different, since you are not in control of the plane, and the rules are stricter. But you know that there are extremely strict rules regulating the behaviour of commercial pilots, such as no drinking at all 12 hours or so before the flight, and that the qualifications needed for such jobs are very high as well (and the penalties for trangressions equally high). I step onto a plane knowing that the risk to myself and others are been reduced as much as possible. This is not true of a car driven by a drunk driver. How would you feel if the pilot had a beer and thought it would be OK to fly? Smoking is another big issue as well. The risk from smoking is huge. In 2000 in the US, tobacco is cited as the actual cause of death in %18 of the deaths ( http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/factsheets/death_causes2000.htm ). Only poor diet/physical inactivity comes even close, %16.6 in second. Motor-vehicles are 6th, at %1.8. Since smoking is such a huge health problem, the government has had to step in (under public pressure of course) and mitigate this risk, since it's causing so many deaths. It's not just the statistical value of the risk to one person, it's also about how many people that risk is attached to, and with tobacco it's a lot of people. That's why in Canada smoking is banned in public places. In several Canadian cities the ban is far more extensive; for example, in Toronto it extends to all bars, restaurants, pool halls, bingo halls, casinos and racetracks. These measures wouldn't be taken if only a small number of people had smoked. One final point about smoking "taking X hours" off your life. I don't know exactly how they come up with these numbers, but I figure it's a result of averaging the lowered age of death of all past smokers. The reality is smokers, and those around them, aren't taking hours or minutes off their life; they're *potentially* taking decades off. That might give people more pause, if health is an issue with them. Interesting blog, I've been reading for several months. flippy statistics by chaizzilla most car collision fatalities in the usa are dui-related. driving drunk is rarely about taking those o so romantic risks life is alllll about as much as simply being a lazy dick. it eats up a lot of resources: emergency services, district attorneys, courtrooms, various people who didn't actively suck but got run over by a slobbering twit anyway, etc. the liability issue gets pressed eventually, civil society weighs the cost/benefit ratio, and the right to drink and drive loses. unless of course you're in the moneyed class; throw enough money at a dui conviction and you'd have to have killed seven mother teresas and then bragged about it to the press to not get the charge written off. unless you're famous &/or someone with more money &/or lots of PR muscle has it in for you. then you can go down in sacrifical goat flames for the sake of public sensibilities like martha stewart over ken lay's pocket change. true life story from austin, texas: you can run through a line of flares & cones around a dui crash from earlier in the evening and kill a cop fresh out of cop school unfortunate enough to have been working the scene, and still manage to go free for years while you drag the case out, costing the taxpayers a small fortune above and beyond the immediate damage. on the bright side i think this woman was one of the most hated people in the region; whenever her picture showed in the newspaper people taped it to dartboards. have you read any flannery o'connor? she's great. why bother by jw it is not that hard to understand. We like our live's and want to protect ourselfs and our family. that is why we mourn about the ones we've loved but lost. All the other (unkown persons) are not interesting enough to mourn about. In a way they are. One person know's everybody in the entire world. And if one person is hurt we feel the same, because we can relate. BUT, kill a sheep, kill a deer, kill a bear, kill a fly and nobody will give a cry. You can kill literaly EVERYTHING but a human, why ? No idee, because we feel related ? Maybee, but i think it is because we don't want it to happen to us, personally. Eliminate the rist by forbitten, like a lot of other things we're not allowed to do. My opinion. People who drink and drive do the cleaning in our society. Somebody got to do it. Why the fuck do we always think we are the lucky basterd to live our entire life. Finding the drunk on your path is part of the risk. If you want to get out, get out but don't moan if you get hit. And, it always takes two to tango. I understand, it's a pitty if it is a relative, but be realistic, if you don't now the driver nor the fellow he hit, you'll hardly read it in the paper, let alone realise it. I dare to state that we need accidents, they happen for a reason, same like virussus and plages. and douwe, geweldige leuke discussie, de onder buur man statistics, injury vs. death, sobriety by michael i think your statistics can be massaged a little bit more. let's say your probability of a fatal driving accident is P/km sober, and 300*P/km when fairly impaired. consider N 1km bar trips (or, really, N km worth of bar trips). your probability of *not* having a fatal accident is (1-P)^N versus (1-300*P)^N. with your claim that P is 7/1,000,000,000, we can compare these for a few values of N: N = 50: sober, 0.99999965 => 3.5 in 10 million impaired, 0.99989501 => 1.05 in 10000 N = 100: sober, 0.9999993 => 7 in 10 million impaired, 0.99979 => 2 in 10000 admittedly this may be stretching things a bit, but either of those might be a decent yearly number, and the "impaired" probabilities are no longer unthinkably small (and the sober numbers are). again, one might not be very impaired every time he leaves the bar, etc. -- but if one begins to think that drunk driving is only a tiny risk, and thus takes that risk more often, the numbers become more tangible a lot faster. really, though, a better statistic would show how your risk as a sober driver increases with the density of impaired drivers on the road. finally i must agree with the previous poster that fatality statistics don't tell the whole story. in my opinion many serious injuries might be worse. Re: statistics, injury vs. death, sobriety by Douwe Osinga Well, you are of course right. Taking the risk of one drunken drive back from a bar is probably not that bad; however, if you make it into a weekly ritual it starts to add up. weighing the punishment to the crime by tax paying citizen with rights in having been in the system for dui now i have to ask the people who back the current laws for dui a few things and point out a few others. how can it be fair that i can be classified a felon for having done the same crime i did 12 years ago that was then classified a misdermeanor.if i was to be charged on any other crime 20 years or 100 years ago and did that crime again today it is what it is it doesnt make me all of a sudden quilty of a more dangerous crime. in fact in proving guilt for intoxication say the level of intoxication is substatially lower on a felony as opposed to the misdermeanor arent we saying who cares how drunk you were and danerous to lives you were. example first offense bac.level .22 felony charge bac.level .o81 so i ask who is and should be considered the real felon in these example. i pose this question the the people who claim these laws save lives tell me who is more likely to kill or even be in a crash.im sure your mad statistics can find something. and since its in your best interest to make the highways safer for all how about speeders who do 80 or 90 down the highways causing crashes and deaths daily and on a much larger scale than that of a guy who blew a .081 or the person entering traffic with a cell in hand attempting to merge without even one thought of on coming traffic causing major injuries and deaths. well i guess a traffic ticket is ok in those situations huh. 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Drunk driving defense work MICHIGAN DRUNK DRIVING DEFENSE Find a DWI DUI Drunk Driving Lawyer in your state. Michigan Information on Substance Abuse and Driving When you drink alcohol or use other drugs and drive, you endanger your life as well as the lives of your passengers and other motorists. Each year, thousands of people are killed or permanently disabled because someone drove under the influence of alcohol or other chemical substances. Michigan takes a strong stand against drivers who abuse substances and drive. This section provides information about drinking and driving, penalties for breaking the law, and the states tough Repeat Offender laws. .08 and Other Changes: 2003 Changes to Michigan's Drunk Driving Laws Search for Michigan Drunk Driving Attorneys by county. Ann Arbor Bingham Farms Timothy Ash : Even a first time DUI / drunk driving arrest in Michigan can have devastating effects, resulting in the suspension or revocation of your license as well as substantial financial penalties, increased insurance rates and even jail time. Simply being arrested for drunk driving, however, does not mean you are guilty. Birmngham Marc Beginin : A first-time offender convicted of drunk driving faces: Up to 93 days in jail Up to a $500 fine Up to 360 hours of community service Up to 6 points on a drivers license Up to 180 days with a suspended license, with a restricted license possible after 30 days Convicted drunk drivers will also be subject to a new $1,000 penalty that is included in a recently approved driver responsibility program. The $1,000 penalty will be imposed for two consecutive years. Drivers may still be arrested and charged with impaired driving, however, the law no longer has a blood alcohol content associated with impaired. Those convicted of impaired driving face an additional $500 penalty assessed for two consecutive years. Bloomfield Hills Cedar Springs Patrick Strong : If you or someone you love has been charged with drunk driving (OWI / DUI / DWI), a qualified attorney can make the difference between jail time and freedom. A drunk driving conviction can have a devastating impact, including jail time, high fines, probation, loss of drivers license, high insurance rates, among other things. Center Line Salvatore Palombo: A judgment is a declaration by a trial court that shows whether a defendant has been convicted or acquitted of a criminal offense. The judgment must be in writing and must be signed by the trial court. The judgment is only evidence of the defendant's conviction. It is not the defendant's conviction. The defendant is convicted when the trial court pronounces the defendant's sentence. An appeal of the defendant's conviction cannot be filed until the judgment has been entered on the record. Clarkson Larence Kozma: If the government, whether State or Federal, is charging you with a crime, you need experienced, competent, and aggressive representation. You need anattorneythat understands criminal law from every approach. A criminal conviction can have severe and long-lasting consequences. If you are charged with a traffic offense, including drunk driving, you could be facing large fines, court costs, loss of your drivers license, forfeiture of your vehicle, court-ordered alcohol treatment, lengthy probation, future legal ramifications, and even jail time. If you are facing a serious misdemeanor or a felony, a conviction could result in long terms of incarceration in jail or prison, and loss of certain civil rights. You do not have to face the prosecution alone. Clinton Township Coldwater Rhonda Ives : Know your legal rights! Dearborn Detroit Farmington Hills-Dearborn Heights Flint Gran Blanc Charles Riley : If you are facing fines, jail time, or the loss or suspension of your driver's license, you need a criminal defense lawyer who is familiar with Michigans statutes regarding misdemeanor crimes related to traffic offenses, drunk driving and the possession of controlled substances such a marijuana. Grand Rapids Grandville SMIETANKA & BUCKLEITNER : ... tart with our Constitution and its Bill of Rights, and then travel the streets and fields of our magnificent and contradictory country, reading it and rereading it along the way. Grosse Pointe Park Tim Dinan : OUIL/DUL Offenses Michigan's drunk driving laws are some of the toughest in the nation now. Whether it is your first offense or a subsequent offense, the best way to protect your rights is by bringing in a lawyer with the training and knowledge to guide you through the system. Theodore Bratton: Drunk driving has become a serious criminal charge with draconian penalties. If you get arrested, immediately consult with and/or retain an attorney with expertise in this area of the law -- the sooner the better. Ted Bratton has extensive experience in, and keeps up to date with, the ever-changing science and law necessary to effectively represent people accused of this crime. Hartland Doug Dern: 25% of the drunk driving convictions are actually innocent. It seems that if you get arrested for drunk driving, you are guilty until proven innocent. Breathalyzer machines are wrong 50% of the time. I hope no one ever needs me. But if you do, and you want the State to prove their case my mission is to provide affordable legal defense. Drunk Driving is serious business. If you get a first offense misdemeanor drunk driving many times the punishment will be worse then a first time felon. You would not go to a corporate lawyer for a divorce. Don't go to a criminal lawyer or a family lawyer for a drunk driving. Drunk driving defense work is a special area of the law that requires more then a general knowledge. There are often things that go wrong in chemical testing. It could be you were at the bar and had only a couple of drinks and you honestly thought you were sober. As you drive home a cop stops you and arrests you. If you have food in your teeth, or a small cut in your mouth, or you are a smoker, or you burped before a breath test all these things will give the illusion that you are drunk, when in fact, you were sober. A lot of lawyers, who don't specialize in drunk driving, will have you plead guilty. And once you have a drunk driving on your record your insurance is raised, society frowns on you and quite frankly you are treated like a common criminal. Hastings McPhillips & McDowell : Don't Lose Your License Because of a Drunk Driving Arrest If you have been arrested in Michigan for a DWI/DUI your right to drive may be at stake. Additionally, a drunk driving arrest can lead to fines or even jail time. It is important to retain the services of a criminal law defense attorney as soon as possible. Hopkins Jackson Thomas Wilson: Michigan has tough drunk driving laws and penalties. Laws aimed at discouraging and punishing those who drink and then choose to operate a motor vehicle get stricter every year. Every person who operates a motor vehicle on a public road or highway impliedly consents to being tested for the presence of alcohol or drugs in their body. It is now also illegal to operate a watercraft or snowmobile after consuming alcohol or drugs. Jenison Timothy Trichler : Why is going to trial so expensive? The primary reason is it is very time consuming for the attorney to properly prepare. Preparation for trial costs much more than conducting the trial itself. Good trial preparation is difficult and tedious work. Television glorifies the actual trial. The truth is that most trials are won or lost on the quality of the preparation. Kalamazoo Tibble Law Office : An experienced attorney can help advise you of your rights if you have been charged with a crime. Keego Harbor Thomas McGinnis : In a criminal proceeding each side has the opportunity to present an opening statement to the judge or jury. The prosecution presents its opening statement first and then the defendant presents his or her opening statement. In some states, the trial judge permits the defendant to defer giving his opening statement until the close of the prosecution's case. If there are multiple defendants being tried in one case, each attorney may give an opening statement for each defendant. Lakeside William Stevens : Often evidence of your bodily alcohol level or alleged impairment is derived from an improper stop. Lansing Livonia Wade McCann : Protect your RIGHTS! You need an aggressive and experienced criminal defense lawyer. Brian Lonnerstarter: If you are facing a traffic violation charge, such as a speeding ticket, reckless driving charge, or a drunk driving (DUI / DWI) charge, you need an experienced attorney making sure your rights are protected. Chapp Law Firm : A conviction on DUI charges may result in fines, the revocation or suspension of your drivers license, and possible jail time. In addition, your insurance company may increase your rates to an unmanageable level. In defending against an impaired driving charge, you have many rights as a criminal defendant. Ludington Madison Heights Jack Jaffe : If youve been arrested and charged with a crime, you need immediate legal representation from an experienced and aggressive defense attorney committed to protecting your rights under the law. Conviction on drunk driving charges can result in fines, jail time, increased insurance rates, loss of insurance, and suspension or revocation of your drivers license. Midland Barbara Maurer : The first line of defense is to challenge the reason that you were stopped. There are bad stops! There are many things that you need to do before appearing in front of a judge. I know what these things are and I strongly urge you to move quickly and contact my firm if you have been arrested or cited for a traffic offense. If it is your first arrest, the goal is make sure that you can continue driving. For second offenses, the goal is often to keep you out of jail and able to continue providing for your family. Handlon, Eastman, Dewitt & Beale : Have you been charged with drunk driving? Accused of theft, assault, or other crime? You need a lawyer right away. ... You may exercise your right to remain silent until you are properly advised or consulted by an attorney. DeLois Leapheart : Ordinary law-abiding people who have never been a party to a criminal proceeding can suddenly find themselves thrown into the world of handcuffs, Breathalyzers and jail cells. Each year the drunk driving laws become stricter. In Michigan, in October of 1999, many significant changes will be made to its drunk driving laws. Drunk driving cases are usually processed in a relatively short time. In Michigan arraignments are held within 14 days, a pre-trial conference (in Midland County with the judge and prosecutor in attendance) within 35 days and if a trial is necessary, it is usually held within 77 days. The penalty for a drunk driving ticket will largely be determined by ones prior record. Mt. Clemens Derek Girdwood : Q: My friend was arrested and the police did not read him his Miranda rights. Can the arrest be dismissed? A: No. The police are not required to read an arrested person Miranda rights unless the police are also attempting to elicit a confession and even then, the matter would not necessarily be dismissed but your friend's confession prior to the reading of his Miranda rights would be suppressed and not permitted to be told at a trial. Mt. Pleasant James Veldhuis : The crime of drunk driving is generally defined in two ways: (1) having a blood alcohol content above the limit set by law, or (2) driving under the influence of alcohol. To find a person guilty under the first definition, a jury (or judge) must be convinced beyond a reasonable doubt that the person's blood alcohol content (BAC) exceeded a certain amount. In most states the legal limit is .08 percent. Therefore, if it is proved that the person's BAC at the time of the incident was .08 percent or greater, he or she can be convicted of drunk driving, regardless of how much alcohol was actually consumed. As a practical matter, one drink would almost certainly not lead to a BAC of .08 percent or greater; generally, a person needs to have five drinks in an hour to develop a BAC of .08 percent. However, if there was something unique about the person or the drink, or other circumstance, one drink could raise the BAC above the legal limit. In contrast, the second definition does not refer to any particular BAC. It focuses on the driving behavior of the person; if it is impaired by the person's consumption of alcohol, he or she can be found guilty of drunk driving. Instead of presenting evidence of the BAC to a jury, the prosecution seeking a conviction under this definition generally presents testimony about the person's driving and consumption of alcohol. A police officer will often describe the impaired driving that lead him to pull the person over and the person's ability (or lack thereof) to perform field sobriety tests, such as walking a straight line. Evidence is also usually presented concerning the person's consumption of alcohol and if the jury then concludes that the prosecution has met its burden of proof, it will convict the person of drunk driving. A susceptible person may exhibit impaired driving after one drink and therefore be convicted of drunk driving. Muskegan Novi Matt Savich : Many lawyers charge huge retainer fees to defend clients. I charge only for the amount of legal work that is involved. If yours is a simple case that results in a plea agreement, I will only charge you for a plea agreement. If your case results in a week-long trial, I will only charge you for the time that is involved in trying your case. Plymouth Michael Gerou: Drunk driving is a criminal offense that an otherwise law-abiding citizen may face if they exercise poor judgment and elect to drive a motor vehicle after consuming too much alcohol. Point Huron June Sullenger : When facing criminal charges, it is important to have an experienced law firm on your side. Leslie Clark: Most states break their crimes into two major groups-felonies and misdemeanors. Whether a crime falls into one category or the other depends on the potential punishment. If a law provides for imprisonment for longer than a year, it is usually considered a felony. If the potential punishment is for a year or less, then the crime is considered a misdemeanor. In some states, certain crimes, called "wobblers," may be considered either a misdemeanor or a felony, because under some conditions the punishment may be imprisonment for less than a year, and in other situations, the criminal may go to prison for a year or more. Pontiac Toca & Associates : An indictment or an information must be valid in order to charge a defendant with a crime. If the indictment or the information is insufficient, that is, if it fails to contain certain requirements, the defendant may challenge the indictment or the information by filing a motion to dismiss or a motion to quash prior to trial. Port Huron James Pratt : The sooner you have an attorney on your side, the sooner you may be able to resolve these difficult situations. Royal Oak Shelby Township Jeffrey Cojocar : In Michigan when you are charged with drunk driving the official charge is OWI (Operating While Intoxicated). You can be charged with OWI when operating a motor vehicle or a boat. The consequences of an OWI conviction are serious and grow more serious with successive violations. If you are arrested for OWI, you should contact an attorney immediately. St. Clair Shores George Birch: A person accused of a drinking or drug related driving offense should retain counsel as soon as possible. They should not wait until the day before their hearing to think about hiring an attorney. Early enrollment in alcohol or substance abuse therapy will many times help a convicted offender at the time of sentence. St. Joseph John Burhans : In recent years, the State of Michigan has taken a tougher approach to individuals who are accused of driving in an intoxicated state. Penalties may include community service, jail time, and or a restriction on one's driving privileges. Southfield Sterling Heights Janet M. Ziulkowski : Robinette & Walton : Enhanced Penalty BAC Level and Zero Tolerance Laws Many states have "enhanced penalty BAC level" laws that impose harsher penalties for drivers with BAC levels at or above the state's enhanced penalty standards. These laws typically apply to drivers with a particularly high BAC, ranging from .15% to .20%. In addition, all states have "zero tolerance" laws that penalize drivers under age 21 for driving with any trace of alcohol in their systems. Thomas Tomko: In Michigan there are a great number of specific offenses which can be charged when a person is arrested for Drunk Driving. Trenton Troy Walled Lake Reeds & Reeds : Drunk Driving cases involve some of the most complex issues of any criminal case. Scientific evidence, such as Breathalyzer and blood test results. Dealing with these results at trial requires a detailed knowledge how these processes work. Warren Erich Goetz : The state of Michigan aggressively prosecutes people charged with drunk driving, operating while intoxicated (OWI). It is essential to aggressively defend against an OWI charge. If you are charged with OWI or OWVI (operating while visibly impaired), whether because you failed a breathalyzer or refused to take it, you will have a civil driver's license revocation proceeding and a criminal case happening simultaneously. An OWI conviction can result in large fines and court costs, court-ordered alcohol treatment, lengthy probation, loss of your driver's license, and even jail time. Michael Komorn : The following in an abbreviated list of the most important questions an attorney specializing in drunk driving should ask you before taking your case. 1. How long did the police officer wait before having you submit to a preliminary breath test? 2. How did you perform on the field sobriety test at the scene? 3. How long after the arrest was the breath or blood test given? Washington Sidney Suo : The adage that "a lawyer who represents himself has a fool for a client" is the product of years of experience. Often it is easier and far less expensive for the client to employ an attorney to prevent a problem than the cost of having an attorney resolve the problem. Since most attorneys offer an initial consultation for nominal charge, often without charge, before deciding if you should employ an attorney, call and ask what the possible attorney fee may be to assist you. If you know the law as well as the opposition and believe you are able to negotiate without the burden of emotion, perhaps you can handle the matter without an attorney. If, as most people, you have not been involved in an accident, purchased a home, involved in a failing marriage or required to go to court, you probably will be opposed by a person who knows far more than you. Waterford Todd Fox : Being arrested and charged with a crime is a frightening experience. RETURN TO DRUNK DRIVING DEFENSE
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