Driving a car with alcohol in your system is a dumb idea, but you did it. Now you are going to have to deal with the consequences. There is no point trying to lie to yourself or others. You are not going to get any sympathy and no-one is going to cut you any slack. Get used to it....And Fast. You may feel that you were a dumb ass and now deserve to go to court and throw your self on the mercy of the judge, DON'T. He or she won't have any, it isn't their job and you are probably the 10th dumb ass they have seen that day. What you need is professional help to get the fairest hearing and the most tolerable outcome that can be achieved in the circumstances. You are entitled to due process of law, no more no less. But don't think this will come to you just because you are a straight up kind of guy. Don't delude yourself that driving while under the influence of alcohol was a once off slip up. None of this counts a jot, not a bean. No, you are now a drunk driver and the law, society and the police offices that deal with road carnage everyday are sick of it. You are in a very deep hole. The best thing, the only thing, you can do is- STOP DIGGING AND MAKE A PLAN! If you are still reading this page you stand some chance of having a bearable life after your day in court. Some folks will have bugged out by now. They don't want to face facts and they want to whine and roll around in self pity or denial. It won't work and they will pay for it very soon. Good luck to them, we hope that their families don't suffer too much because they are just too dumb to help themselves. You obviously aren't that dumb but you still need help because a DUI could still make a huge mess of your life, your families lives and the lives of many other innocent people. While many folks think you should be thrown in jail and the key thrown away they will not determine your future. A court of law will do this. The law is a process run according to very strict rules and these rules are their for a reason. They are not for or against you, no the rules are there for the sake of justice and to protect you from misconduct or error by the legal system. Again don't think that means the law is going to bend over backwards to help you and protect you from an over zealous prosecutor or a judge who loathes drunk drivers. It won't. The law is just a set of rules, like baseball or hockey rules and your greatest need, right now, is someone to help you who understand's those rules, forwards, backwards and sideways. More than that you also need someone who also knows tactics, yep just like sports again. How and when to apply the rules to your advantage. Someone to cry foul when your opponents break a rule or maybe just bend them too far. This is your specialized DUI lawyer. Just like a coach your Specialized DUI Lawyer will bring their own team of specialists who can keep you fighting and in the game even when you feel like you have taken the worst beating in your life and you haven't even go to the end of the first quarter. Para-legals to research every nook and cranny of the local statutes. Doctors to interpret medical results. Investigators to gather local intelligence. Engineers who understand calibration. Sound's like a lot of people doesn't it? If you were thinking you were just going to turn up in court and take your chances FORGET IT! You won't have any chances if you take that approach. Now is not the time to listen to your heart or your head. It is time to listen to your specialist DIU lawyer. Why usea specialist DUI Lawyer?A lawyer is a lawyer, right? WRONG! Lots of us have a family lawyer, who maybe did some work for us when we bought our home, raised some capital for our business or got us through a divorce. They did a great job back then, they know us, they will have our best interests at heart won't they? Well no, not if they take on your DUI charge and they really don't know what they are doing. Worse still you could call up the local law firm and ask for a recommendation or even wait to be appointed a panel lawyer....Disaster!! Understand this very clearly......Yes, pay attention this is important! Real specialist DUI lawyer are a breed apart. They go to DUI LAW SCHOOL. Yep, a special law college that does nothing but DUI law. You need one of these lawyers. They are your only hope of getting the best possible outcome for you and your family. Let's just really beat this important piece of information into your head. Just like Doctors specialise in pieces of your body, you know, heart surgery, brain surgery. Lawyers specialize too. And you need a specialized DUI Lawyer. NOW! It's actually also very important when retaining a DUI lawyer that they are specialized in the law of your State, that laws on DUI vary widely from State to State and local procedures vary almost county by county. This local knowledge is vital to your defence. Law officers have to process your traffic stop, sobriety tests and arrest in accordance with very strict rules. They don't always get these right. Small errors in procedure could cause errors in the evidence used in your case. These could be used in your favor by your specialized DUI lawyer. They will only ever be used to your detriment by the law. Let's keep our thinking straight here. We are not talking about getting drunk drivers off all charges. Nor are we looking to use loop-holes or exploitation. No, we are demanding the fair application of the law. For example, if you provide a blood sample it should be taken, stored, transported and tested correctly right? Well what is it wasn't. What if it wasn't labelled correctly? What if it was stored or transported in the back of a hot vehicle or left standing in the lab for hours on end before it is tested? Were all the samples sent to the lab that day tested together and did the technician keep track of who's sample was who's? Your specialized DUI lawyer will know how to check all these details on your behalf. Everyone involved in your case is required to do their job correctly. If they don't then you could be wrongly accused of DUI or someone else who is guilty could be discharged. Being tough on everyone to do their job right benefits both the guilty and the innocent so let your specialized DUI lawyer do his job and check these things. Being a fool or a martyr will only devastate your family when you loose you job, your home maybe even that very family. Society doesn't need another bread winner thrown out of their job because they made a mistake and drove home drunk and then made an even bigger mistake by not getting the right help
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