Category: DUI

 

Summer is a time for kicking back, relaxing, and enjoying all of the outdoor activities and events going on now that the weather is warm.

 

Whether you’re grilling in your backyard, attending a music festival, or celebrating one of the many summer holidays, you might decide to have a few drinks to quench your thirst, abate the heat, and get into the summertime groove. As long as you’re

No matter where you are going for St. Patrick’s Day, it’s safe to assume you might have a drink or two. After all, St. Paddy’s Day is one of the biggest holidays for drinking, which unfortunately also means that it is one of the biggest days for drinking and driving – especially in Colorado.

 

Last year, to combat this problem, Colorado officers beefed up law enforcement on the roads

 

When laws are passed at the state level, we don’t always understand or witness the affects until years later, especially if criminal proceedings or sentencing is involved. This is because it takes months for criminal cases to go through the entire process between being arrested and getting sentenced – or not – and even longer for the statistics to show significant change.

 

That being said, in late 2016

 

Want to figure out where you can get a good happy hour special after work? There’s an app for that. Need to pay your friend back for the beers he bought? There’s an app for that. Need to figure out if you’re still sober enough to drive home?

 

Now, there’s an app for that too.

 

The Colorado Department of Transportation has been working throughout 2016 on testing

 

If you have been convicted of a DUI, you know firsthand that Colorado takes the offense very seriously and there can be harsh consequences for driving under the influence. So if you are caught driving under the influence again, you know what penalties you will receive and what to expect, right?

 

Not exactly. Like sentencing guidelines for most crimes, penalties get harsher depending on your criminal history. In