DWI and DUI Explained

Very simple. If you had even one glass of beer, one glass of wine, one shot of whisky or even a couple of tokes of a marijuana cigarette - you are driving while being influenced by that drug of choice. If you are stopped by the police and they observe you acting under the influence of some mind-altering substance, you can be arrested. If they find alcohol or some illegal drug in your blood or on your breath, you will be arrested for driving while under the influence of whatever you were enjoying just a little while before they stopped you. Yes, even if your drug of choice was just a beer.

Everyone's body is different. Some can drink a six-pack of beer and feel like they are not under the influence of the alcohol. Another can drink just one beer and have a problem thinking straight.

Alcohol affects every person differently do to these five conditions:
1. The amount of alcohol you consumed
2. The amount of food you ate either before you drank or while you were drinking
3. How long you consumed the alcohol
4. Your body weight
5. Your gender

The average rate that a person’s body can process alcohol is about one drink per hour. In New York State, it is illegal to drive with a BAC (blood alcohol content) of .more than .05 up to .07 Blood Alcohol Content (BAC). This is classified as DWAI (Drifing Whjile Ability Impaired By Alcohol. Having a BAC of .08 or higher is classified as a DWI. Having a BAC of .18 and higher is classified as A-DWI (Aggravated Driving While Intoxicated and has even worse possible penalties.

You have a kid in the car when you were arrested? This is even worse and you can be separately charged with Child Endangerment.

What more need I say? If you indulged, you are under the influence to one degree or another. You had better call a DWI attorney as soon as possible before you do or say something that might make your situation worse. Click here for some of the things that you might do or say that could make your life even worse than the cop stopping you.

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