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A DUI in Washington can cost you $10,000. What’s worse is that the money may be the least significant concern of a person charged with DUI. The video attached is from Florida, but the information is entirely relevant to a DUI in Washington. If you are charged with a DUI in Washington you should seek [...]
From Thursday July 21, 2001 until Thursday, August 4, 2011 Target Zero DUI Task Force Troopers will be working with Mukilteo Police Department to increase DUI arrests in the Mukilteo, Washington area. These extra DUI and Speeding Ticket patrols will include areas of Mukilteo where there have been fatality or severe injury collisions and/or complaints [...]
Washington State Patrol has been on a propaganda mission to justify the expenses of Target Zero, of late. Target Zero consists of a small group of Washington State Patrol Officers whose sole mission is to find and arrest DUI drivers. The cost of this mission to the taxpayers of Washington is an additional $6 million [...]
Washington Department of Licensing maintains a plethora of information regarding your driving history. The length of time the information is retained for depends on the type of information: Convictions for DUI, Physical Control, alcohol-related offenses, Deferred Prosecutions, Vehicular Assaults and Vehicular Homicide Convictions remain on your driving abstract for 99 years. Convictions, bail forfeitures and [...]
If you are arrested for a DUI offense in Washington State for DUI offenses the officer will be required to impound your vehicle for 12 hours. The new DUI bill was signed into law Wednesday by Gov. Chris Gregoire and will take effect in July, 2011. “Hailey’s Law,” named after a driver who had a [...]
Washington House Bill 1789, which modifies a number of existing DUI provisions, is sitting on Governor Gregoire’s deck after recently passing both the House and Senate by unanimous vote. Gregoire is expected to sign the bill into law. The legislation does not include the DUI checkpoints advocated for by the Washington State Patrol. (Checkpoints are [...]
Howard Roy LYTLE, Appellant, v. STATE of Washington DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING, Respondent. No. 16910-3-III. – February 25, 1999 Stephen R. Matthews, Phillabaum, Ledlin, Matthews & Gaffney-Brown, Michelle D. Szambelan, Spokane, for Appellant.Kelley J. Sweeney, Olympia, for Respondent. Howard Lytle appeals the Department of Licensing’s (DOL) revocation of his driver’s license under RCW 46.20.308 (the implied consent [...]
The 2010 Washington State Legislative session has brought several law changes related to DUI cases. The biggest changes are not to the DUI laws themselves, but collateral laws such as the Interlock Ignition License statute, child dependency and traffic laws. Unless otherwise noted the updates below do not take effect until January 1, 2011. Mandatory [...]
On September 29, 2006, Stafford County, Virginia Sherrif Deputy Peter Nelson and a number of other officers were investigating a burglary. The officers believed that the perpetrator had fled the scene. In order to contain and capture the suspect the officers set up a perimeter around the area using police vehicles with their overhead lights [...]
