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Tips for Protecting Your Rights if you are Arrested

By Patrick Adams
Learn your rights. The actions a person takes and the statements a person makes prior to and following an arrest can have a huge impact on your case!
Most importantly: Remain Silent! If you are being questioned chances are good you are a suspect and they are gathering evidence against you. Law enforcement will [...]

Your Right to Remain Silent When Pulled Over: Self-Incrimination

As a drinking driver, you must be aware that as the number of accidents and fatalities due to drunk driving increases, so will your chances of being pulled over. Police officers are cracking down on drinking and driving and will use any lawful justification to pull you over in order to probe further whether you [...]

Avoid DUI Arrest: Use Turn Signal When Changing Lanes

The next time you’re driving on the road in Michigan after having consumed alcoholic beverages, make sure you signal each time you change lanes. The Michigan Court of Appeals recently ruled that the Michigan statute, MCL 257.648, requires drivers to use a turn signal when changing lanes on a highway and is not unconstitutionally vague.
In [...]

DUI Help: Refuse DUI Pre-Screening Tests

By: Colleen Gray
In most states, if you are suspected of drunk driving, you must take a blood alcohol content test such as a breathalyzer when asked to do so by police or face very harsh penalties. But police must have reasonable suspicion that you have been drinking before they can ask you to take a [...]

Avoid a DUI Arrest - Follow The Traffic Laws

If you choose to drive after having consumed alcoholic beverages, which you should think twice before doing, then one way to minimize your chances of being arrested for a DUI-related violation is to simply follow the traffic laws.
First, follow the given speed-limit, going no more than 5mph over the speed limit and going no under [...]

Avoid a DUI Arrest - Keep Your Car in Good Shape

Drinking and driving is definitely not condoned, but it happens and probably is going to continue happening. If you are someone that plans on going out, drinking alcohol and then driving afterwards, then you are at risk of being arrested for a DUI.
One way to reduce this risk is to keep your car in good [...]

Avoiding a DUI Arrest - Don’t Drink and Drive

The most simplest advice that can be given to anyone who wants to avoid being arrested for a DUI or operating while intoxicated or visibly impaired, is to simply don’t drink and drive. If you’re going out and planning on drinking an alcoholic beverage, make sure you have a designated driver or that you drive [...]