Reader’s Question: How bad is it gonna be the effect on my auto insurance here in Alabama if I get convicted of drunk driving or DUI? Harvir Dothan, AL DUI can greatly affect your auto insurance in Alabama as your rates can go up by a considerable amount. DUI Law and the ratings systems of [...]
Reader’s Question: I am really trying very hard so that my auto insurance company doesn’t find out about my DUI conviction here in Montgomery, Alabama? Is there a way that I can keep them from finding out about my drunk driving conviction so that I won’t have higher rates? Ben Montgomery, AL You can keep [...]
Reader’s Question: My husband usually drives home late and sometimes drunk here in Birmingham, Alabama. And if he had an accident—the cause or victim, what should be the proper way to deal with it? Liz Birmingham, AL Frankly speaking, drunk driving is difficult to deal with. In Birmingham, Alabama, anybody who has been irresponsible enough [...]
Reader’s Question: I think a friend of mine here in Mobile, Alabama has a drinking problem and it could also turn out to be a drinking and driving problem because he usually drives after having some drinks. Nobody wants him to get a DUI charge, so how do you think can I make him not [...]
Reader’s Question: If my drivers license was revoked due to DUI in TN, and after a year I was convicted of Driving on Revoked. What do I do to obtain a restricted license in Tuscaloosa Alabama? Brenda Tuscaloosa AL According to the Alabama Department of Public Safety (DPS) driver license shall not be issued to [...]
Reader’s Question: I don’t understand why my sister is worried about her drunk driving case here in Alabama. Isn’t it that DUI is just an ordinary traffic offense? Jordana Huntsville, AL You should never take a DUI charge as an ordinary traffic offense because a DUI case is a criminal offense and Alabama DUI laws [...]
Reader’s Question: I have a friend who has been recently charged with DUI here in Alabama and according to the arresting officer, he smelled a strong odor of alcohol on my friend’s breath and on the vehicle that’s why he was cited for drunk driving. Does this strong odor of alcohol correlate with the actual [...]
Reader’s Question: I often wonder how police officers commit mistake in a drunk driving arrest. Could you give me an example how a police officer’s mistake can work in my favor if I will be arrested for DUI here in Alabama? Brock Birmingham, AL Many of us expect law enforcement officers to know and follow [...]
Reader’s Question: Driving home about three days ago, my brother was caught drunk driving in Alabama and was charged with DUI. If he will be convicted, what is the worst thing that can happen to me and will he get a harsher sentence if he fights the case than if he pleads guilty? Sabrina Tuscaloosa, [...]
Reader’s Question: I have never gotten arrested for DUI here in Montgomery, Alabama but I know a lot of people who have been charged with this kind of offense. I’m just really curious because I don’t want the same thing to happen to me. I just wanna know, what happens in a DUI arrest? Regine [...]