Georgia DUI Laws and What to Expect

We all know that driving drunk is a bad idea. Not only are you putting the lives of those on the road around you in danger when you drive drunk, but you are also risking your right to drive. If you are arrested for DUI in the state of Georgia, you will face strict penalties. Understanding these is important as you proceed through your drunk driving case.

First offenders, which are those who have not had a DUI arrest in the past five years in Georgia, will lose their license for one year after a DUI arrest. Of course, this would make getting to work or school difficult, so the state allows first time offenders to apply for a work permit that allows them to drive to work, school, or doctor appointments. This permit lasts for 30 days, and during that time the offender can complete a Risk Reduction Course and pay $200. This allows the regular license to be reinstated after just 30 days.

Besides the driver's license suspension, a first time DUI offender in Georgia will pay between $300 and $1,000 in fines, on top of other fees and court costs. At least one day of jail time is required, but a typical sentence is 10 days to 12 months. If the jail sentence is less than 12 months, the offender will have to serve a 12-month probation period. Offenders must perform 40 hours of community service after a Georgia DUI conviction.

Georgia DUI convictions carry strict penalties, even for first time offenders. Hiring a DUI lawyer can help lessen these penalties somewhat, but the best course of action is to never drive drunk.

Ontario's Street Racing Law a Good Idea

Ontario's new law is that if a vehicle is caught racing 50km/h passed the limit, they are automatically classified as a street racer. They are also automatically fined a minimum of $2000.00 dollars that can run anywhere up to $10,000.00. An automatic seven day suspension is given, and if you are caught for a second time its an automatic 10 year suspension is issued. Is that a good enough deterrent? Apparently not. This is because most who are speeding at that excess are not street racing.

The street racer my be a 40 year old woman, for example, that is late for work. Is that possible? Now think about it, should she be classified as a street racer? Should she be "automatically" accused of that? What if someone was driving down a hill, "automatically" their car will increase speed by 30 km/h. If they were already doing 10-15 over, they have already exceeded the limit. But yes, I really understand exactly why we should call them street racers.

Speeding in general should have been the focus, not street racing. Not that street racing is really the main harm for anything. For example, out of all accidents on the road that have caused death, only .12 percent were caused by street racing. All others were due to drunk driving, driving while fatigued, or any other form of driving mishaps.

So, once again, they MAY NOT BE STREET RACING, how can we be sure? Funny though, how Canadian Government has earned over $2 million dollars, thanks to all the "street racers" that were late for work.

To re-emphasize my point, are we teaching are teenagers and young drivers to falsely accuse others? Yes, these drivers should be deterred. It should end, but not in the way of falsely accusing a huge number of people. If that's the generation we want to raise, the morals we want to teach, then good job ONTARIO, we are on top of the line.