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| Apr 2, 2013 | DUI |

Recently in DUI Category

What Is A Safe Amount To Drink If You Drive?

April 2, 2013, by
Applegate Law Office

This is a common-enough question, and it’s also intelligent, reasonable, and responsible. And like many similar questions, the answer is surprising.

 

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The answer is ‘Nothing – nothing at all.’ If you listen to your lawyer — and you should — you’ll understand that there is no such thing as a safe level of blood alcohol in a driver.

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Your Sixth DUI — when you need your lawyer to be more than a lawyer

May 4, 2012, by
Applegate Law Office
Most of us have found some lesson in our personal lives that we needed to learn more than once — sometimes over and over again. For 72-year-old Karren Erecius of Santa Rosa, the lesson was not to get behind the wheel when she’d been drinking. In March of this year, she was arrested for her sixth DUI in nine years.

Ms. Ericius’ drinking has become a problem. That’s not a medical opinion — I don’t even play a doctor on TV, let alone diagnose people over the Internet. Still, my professional opinion is that if your drinking leads you to hire an attorney more than once, your drinking is a problem. Repeat offenders need more than legal advice; a good lawyer can give you more.

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