Can only one beer put you over the legal limit for driving, a blood alcohol content (BAC) level at or above 0.08 percent? “It depends” is the only honest answer. It depends on things like your weight. Are you male or female? When did you last eat, what did you eat, and how much? Are [...]
Q: Under normal circumstances, a law enforcement officer may not stop a driver in traffic unless the officer witnesses a crime or has probable cause to believe that the driver is committing a crime. So how can DUI checkpoints be legal? A: DUI checkpoints – or “sobriety” checkpoints – represent an exception to the law, [...]
This infographic is based on data provided by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department and illustrates the statistics surrounding injury, non-injury, and pedestrian collisions in Las Vegas, Nevada from 2014-2016 (year to date). This infographic also explores DUI arrests data from 2014-2016. If you have been injured in a crash or arrested for a DUI, [...]
Popular ridesharing apps like Uber and Lyft may be saving lives. MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving) says the apps are driving down alcohol-related accidents and fatalities on Nevada’s streets and highways. According to MADD, the numbers were down by 25 percent in Nevada for 2015. Are the new ridesharing services really responsible for a decline [...]
All intoxicated driving is illegal in the state of Nevada and covered by the state’s DUI laws, whether you are driving while impaired by alcohol, marijuana, an illegal drug or substance, a legal prescription, or an over-the-counter medication. If you’re driving in Nevada, absolutely sober is the safest way. Nevada has an extensive list of [...]
If you struggle with a rare, recently-discovered medical condition that’s called auto-brewery syndrome (it’s also known as “gut fermentation” syndrome), or if you suffer from Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD), or even if you smoke tobacco, you could be wrongly arrested and prosecuted for DWI (driving while intoxicated) or for DUI (driving under the influence). Breathalyzers [...]
Last year during and after the Super Bowl, Las Vegas Metro police made 28 arrests at a single sobriety checkpoint for driving under the influence. If you’re making bets on the big game – between the Carolina Panthers and the Denver Broncos on Sunday, February 7 – you can bet that the Las Vegas Metro [...]
Every year, more than a million drivers in the United States are arrested and charged with driving under the influence or driving while intoxicated. In 2013, more than 10,000 people were killed in alcohol-related traffic collisions in the United States. In fact, about thirty people die in those accidents every day. In response, in 38 [...]
If you have entered the United States without documentation, or even if you carry a visa or a green card, you cannot afford to be convicted for driving under the influence. Depending on the particulars of your case and conviction, you could be deported. If you are arrested and accused of DUI in Las Vegas [...]
According to the American Immigration Council, Nevada was home to 529,164 immigrants in 2013, and in 2012, about 210,000 immigrants in Nevada were undocumented. If you are an immigrant in Nevada – with or without documentation – and you are injured in this state because of another person’s negligence, you have the same right to [...]
