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Characteristics of An Experienced DWI Attorney

A DWI attorney must have a specialty in taking and winning DWI cases. Public defenders may be excellent trial lawyers, DWI cases require a different specialty. Your DWI lawyer needs specialized knowledge of human physiology, alcohol toxicology,

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Houston Lawyer, Jack Carroll, discusses facts about DWI

You thought it could never happen to you, but suddenly you find yourself in a situation that you did not expect. What do you do? Contact Texas drunk driving defense lawyers Jack Carroll or Don Becker to protect your rights! The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles

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Top 10 Mistakes in Drunk Driving Cases

Lawyers who represent drunk driving defendants -- especially those who don't specialize in the area -- are frequently making some big mistakes that harm their clients, experts warn. Lawyers Weekly USA conducted a survey that showed

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5 Tips to Help Avoid a DWI Conviction

If you are ever arrested for drunk driving (also called DUI for driving under the influence or DWI for driving while intoxicated), your experience will begin with an officer stopping you because of some questionable driving pattern, or possibly because

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Rental insurance - most rental car companies offer insurance to cover damage to the rental vehicle.
Breath alcohol ignition interlock device - BIID or IID is a breathalyzer installed into a car that will not allow the car to start until given a breath sample that has a lower Breath Alcohol Content BAC than the ignition interlock has programmed into it.
TCP - Trace Constitutes Positive - BAC legal limit for drivers under the age of 21, which, since 1989, has been the uniform minimum purchase age for alcoholic beverages throughout the U.S.
Ethanol, also known as ethyl alcohol or grain alcohol - a flammable, colorless chemical compound, one of the alcohols that is most often found in alcoholic beverages. It is often referred to simply as alcohol. Its chemical formula is C2H5OH, also written as C2H6O.
DWI courts (sometimes called DUI courts) - use substance-abuse interventions and treatment with defendants who plead guilty of driving while intoxicated or impaired.