http://defendingdriversrights.com Tue, 22 Jun 2010 17:07:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 en http://defendingdriversrights.com/?p=699 http://defendingdriversrights.com/?p=699#comments Tue, 22 Jun 2010 17:07:10 +0000 admin http://defendingdriversrights.com/?p=699 I’ve decided to take a break from defendingdriversrights.com for a while; for future blogs please go to my new blog at my website Defendingdriversrights will be back with perhaps a different emphasis. ]]> http://defendingdriversrights.com/?feed=rss2&p=699 http://defendingdriversrights.com/?p=696 http://defendingdriversrights.com/?p=696#comments Sun, 06 Jun 2010 16:48:22 +0000 admin http://defendingdriversrights.com/?p=696
Gov. Sonny Perdue signed HB 23 and SB 360 last week, which bans “engaging in wireless communication” while driving in Georgia. The law also bans 16 and 17 year olds from using cell phones while driving. What does “texting” mean: (1) ‘Engage in a wireless communication’ means talking, writing, sending, or reading a text-based communication, or [...]]]> http://defendingdriversrights.com/?feed=rss2&p=696 http://defendingdriversrights.com/?p=681 http://defendingdriversrights.com/?p=681#comments Fri, 21 May 2010 12:21:21 +0000 admin http://defendingdriversrights.com/?p=681 I get several phone calls each month asking me if I get a person’s DUI arrest expunged. Do a google check on expungment and you will find lots of sites appearing to know what they are taking about…. but they don’t! First, what is an expungement? The process of legally destroying, obliterating or striking out [...]]]> http://defendingdriversrights.com/?feed=rss2&p=681 http://defendingdriversrights.com/?p=693 http://defendingdriversrights.com/?p=693#comments Mon, 17 May 2010 12:09:02 +0000 admin http://defendingdriversrights.com/?p=693
Under a new law passed by the Georgia Legislature, a filing fee of $150 must now be paid when requesting a hearing on the administrative license issue. In Georgia, if you refuse to take the state chemical test of blood, breath ,or urine, or register above the legal limit(.02 for under 21s, .04 for commercial [...]]]> http://defendingdriversrights.com/?feed=rss2&p=693 http://defendingdriversrights.com/?p=690 http://defendingdriversrights.com/?p=690#comments Fri, 14 May 2010 11:52:44 +0000 admin http://defendingdriversrights.com/?p=690 Just getting a DUI conviction can have serious consequences: jail, loss of license, fines and fees, cancellation of insurance, and loss of job. But what happens when you are convicted of DUI and you have also been involved in an accident where someone was “seriously injured?”Georgia has a separate crime known as serious injury by [...]]]> http://defendingdriversrights.com/?feed=rss2&p=690 http://defendingdriversrights.com/?p=687 http://defendingdriversrights.com/?p=687#comments Fri, 07 May 2010 12:15:43 +0000 admin http://defendingdriversrights.com/?p=687 After obtaining the necessary information from the State, a DUI attorney must then have the experience and background to determine whether you have any defenses or not. The best DUI attorneys are constantly attending seminars to not only hone their trial skills, but also learn the same things about DWI detection as law enforcement does. Ask your [...]]]> http://defendingdriversrights.com/?feed=rss2&p=687 http://defendingdriversrights.com/?p=685 http://defendingdriversrights.com/?p=685#comments Tue, 04 May 2010 14:18:27 +0000 admin http://defendingdriversrights.com/?p=685 Hear the podcast ]]> http://defendingdriversrights.com/?feed=rss2&p=685 http://defendingdriversrights.com/?p=682 http://defendingdriversrights.com/?p=682#comments Mon, 26 Apr 2010 18:57:38 +0000 admin http://defendingdriversrights.com/?p=682 If you make your living driving a commercial vehicle, you need to know that there are many ways you can lose your CDL(commercial drivers license) in Georgia. Here are 5 ways you can lose your CDL for a year: 1. Driving a commercial vehile with .04 or more percent by weight of alcohol in your [...]]]> http://defendingdriversrights.com/?feed=rss2&p=682 http://defendingdriversrights.com/?p=679 http://defendingdriversrights.com/?p=679#comments Tue, 20 Apr 2010 00:12:04 +0000 admin http://defendingdriversrights.com/?p=679
University of Georgia redshirt freshman QB Zach Mettenberger was kicked off the team, according the today’s AJC. Apparently the dismissal stems from an incident earlier this year in the south Georgia town of Remerton. I will not speculate, but there has to be something more to this case than charges of minor in possession of [...]]]> http://defendingdriversrights.com/?feed=rss2&p=679 http://defendingdriversrights.com/?p=676 http://defendingdriversrights.com/?p=676#comments Fri, 16 Apr 2010 13:53:16 +0000 admin http://defendingdriversrights.com/?p=676
This month’s case of the month is not one of my cases; it comes from the Georgia Supreme Court; it emphasizes how, on even a traffic case, your Constitutional rights are so very important. The case is Sentinel v. Harrelson and was decided in March, 2010. Ms Harrelson had represented herself; when she pled guilty, [...]]]> http://defendingdriversrights.com/?feed=rss2&p=676