If I’ve been asked once, I’ve been asked a thousand times, should I blow in the machine if I get stopped? My answer to this hypothetical is always, are you drunk? I know, I know, that’s a smartass response to a legitimate question. But there isn’t really one distinct...
You made a mistake. You are pulled over, they do some eye voodoo, and then they make you do some calisthenics on the side of the road. You get arrested, blow in a funny machine that beeps and bops and tells you, you’re intoxicated. And now, for the first (or fourth)...
Once upon a time back in college, Jimmy was caught drinking and driving in the State of Missouri. He lost his license for 3 months and pleaded guilty to DWI because his lawyer said the case would “go away” after two years. It did not. It could not. The lawyer didn’t...
Sometimes people take convictions for DWI charges and they add up. Sometimes they add up to a 10-year denial of their right to drive lawfully in the state. This is a hard 10 years for folks who have to catch rides or drive illegally, but often, after 10 years without...
Driving While Intoxicated is a capital offense and other magical thoughts… Ok, driving while intoxicated is not a capital offense However, back in the good old days in the hell-raising 80s when I was pulled over for a DWI, the consequences were nothing, even without a...
Missouri, like other states in the country, has laws that prohibit driving while under the influence of alcohol or drugs. As one would expect, these laws place limits on the amount of alcohol a person can have in their blood while driving. If a person is found driving...
