If you are ever arrested for drunk driving in Colorado, the police will likely ask you to submit to some type of chemical testing to determine if there is alcohol or drugs in your system. In most cases, this will involve either a breath test or a blood test.Many...
Month: August 2018
Have you already seen a saturation patrol or two this morning?
It’s that time of year again. Cue that The Heat Is On Song from yesteryear and – if you’re a Colorado motorist – start scanning the roadway around you for a decidedly heightened police presence.You won’t have any problem noting that something is, well, just a bit...
My BAC test was taken more than 2 hours after driving — now what?
If you are arrested for drunk driving in Colorado and the police have probable cause to believe you violated one of the state’s drunk-driving statutes, the law says you are required to cooperate with police and submit to a breath or blood test in order determine your...
Lots of takeaways in new Colorado DUI report
What is significant about a 25-year-old Colorado male?Demographically speaking, such an individual is more likely than any other motorist to be stopped by a state trooper or police officer for a behind-the-wheel drinking offense. If you’re looking for the prototypical...
Federal judge comes down hard on wrongful police action
Yes, they found heroin in the vehicle.And state and federal law enforcers also discovered something else subsequent to their drug seizure and arrest of a driver in Michigan, namely this: a pretextual traffic stop owing to a violation purposely caused by a police...
Can I choose a blood test instead of a breath test?
If you drive a motor vehicle in Colorado, the state’s expressed consent law says that you are already “deemed to have expressed [your] consent” to the testing of your breath or blood to determine whether you have alcohol in your system.What does this mean exactly?...