In Virginia, you can receive up to 1 year in jail and a $2,500 fine for your first DUI offense. Further offenses result in additional fines, fees and jail time. Therefore, if the police pull you over because they suspect you of driving under the influence, you should...
Though Virginia law does not call its harsher DUI-associated punishments “enhanced penalties,” the state does dole out more severe consequences in certain types of cases. If the state charged you with a DUI offense, it is important to understand what factors may lead...
If a Virginia police officer spots an open container of alcohol in your vehicle, you may be charged with a misdemeanor. This may be true even if you aren't charged with driving under the influence of alcohol. Additional penalties may apply if an officer believes that...
When a person is suspected of driving drunk in Virginia, police will pull them over and conduct a DUI investigation. Typically, the driver is then arrested at the scene of the incident and transported to the police station. But what happens if there was another person...
You may be asking yourself what you could do "voluntarily" to give a police officer the evidence he or she needs in order to arrest you for DUI. After all, once the officer stops you, don't you have to do whatever he or she says? Actually, no, you don't have to...
The fall semester at college may already be underway, but it is not too late to have important discussions with your young adult children about college life. One big aspect of these years is partying, where alcohol consumption is often excessive.Regardless of how you...
Using drugs can make it unsafe to operate a vehicle, just like driving after consuming alcohol. Drugged driving is a widespread issue. An estimated 44% of motorists in deadly accidents test positive for drugs. In 2017, 12.8 million people drove while under the...
The Commonwealth of Virginia is serious about keeping drunk drivers off the road. One of the measures found to be very effective is that of installing an ignition interlock device in a vehicle.State law now requires the use of an IID for any conviction related to...
Virginia Code Section 8.01-44.5 provides for punitive damages in DUI accident lawsuits when a driver of a vehicle is intoxicated and (1) the driver's blood alcohol content ("BAC") is at or above .15 at the time the driver was operating the vehicle or (2) the driver of...
