Where are the costs?  What Can Be Done About Them?

Insurance Rates Skyrocketing:  There are ways to help prevent this, even if you are going to plead guilty.  I have a special report written with step by step instructions to help those arrested for a DUI in Monterey, Salinas, or the surrounding areas that do not already have an attorney or have not plead guilty (the techniques only work before pleading guilty).

High Blood Alcohol Level (especially if 2 times the legal limit or more):

It’s essential you talk with an attorney ESPECIALLY on a 1st offense.  The government’s lawyers believe the enhancement level has been lowered from .20 to .15.  What this means is that if you are .15 or above, the jail time is significantly more (or work alternative which costs money out of your pocket and lost money from missing work to complete it), the DUI class can go from 3 months to 9 months (at a significantly higher tuition cost as well). The most expensive enhancement is the Ignition Interlock Device. Some judges require this on your car for 2-3 years at about $2,000-$3,000 – it’s a device you put on you car or cars that you blow into in order to start your car to show no alcohol on your breath and randomly while driving to keep the car going. The cost and the embarrassment factor are a big deal to many drivers.  You can fight this and there are specific techniques that our office uses and has developed that may help avoid this enhancement on a 1st Offenses.