The city of Goodlettsville recently settled with a driver who was wrongfully charged with DUI (called ‘OVI’ in Ohio). The settlement was reported by a local television station which conducted an investigation into sober drivers charged with DUI. The investigation revealed the driver in Goodlettsville was one of hundreds charged with DUI and later exonerated by forensic testing.
Driving is an activity which requires sustained attention. Drivers must focus on driving and divide their attention among multiple parts of the driving activity: steering, acceleration, braking, watching the speedometer, watching the road, and reacting to a constantly changing environment. For DUI investigations (called ‘OVI’ in Ohio), law enforcement officers are taught to look for problems with attention and administer divided attention sobriety tests. What happens when the subject of an OVI investigation is a driver with ADHD?
This blog is not a bar band: we take requests without asking for tips! Yesterday, we received a question from a reader who wants to understand the interplay of Child Endangering and DUI (called ‘OVI’ in Ohio). This article is going to answer that reader’s question. Ask and you shall receive.
A recent news story reported the arrest of a 14-year-old boy for DUI (called ‘OVI’ in Ohio). It is somewhat unusual for a juvenile to be charged with OVI in Ohio. When a juvenile faces an OVI case, some aspects are the same as adult OVIs and some components are different. Those components include the investigation, the court process, and the penalties.
Delta-8 THC products are widely available in Ohio. You can’t walk into an Ohio gas station without seeing edibles and vapes containing the drug. The Ohio legislature has introduced bills to regulate Delta-8 THC products, but they are currently unregulated. As Delta-8 THC is mildly psychoactive, the question is whether a person can be convicted of DUI (called ‘OVI’ in Ohio) based on using Delta-8 THC.
A few days ago, legal recreational marijuana sales began in Ohio. At some dispensaries, there has been an overwhelming response, with customers standing in line to buy marijuana. As sales can only be made to people who are 21 and older, we can presume most of the recreational marijuana users are also car drivers. Those drivers should be aware of Ohio’s laws regarding marijuana and DUI (called ‘OVI’ in Ohio).
The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) recently implemented a policy of administering a breath alcohol test to every driver stopped for a traffic offense. Even if the stop is for a minor violation, and even if the officer has no suspicion the driver is under the influence, the driver must submit to a breath test. Refusing the test is a criminal offense. Could this happen in Ohio?
There are situations in which a law enforcement officer observes signs which appear to be symptoms of alcohol intoxication but are actually symptoms of a medical condition. One of those situations is when a driver is experiencing hypoglycemia (low blood sugar). The symptoms of hypoglycemia are nearly identical to the symptoms of alcohol intoxication. A driver experiencing a hypoglycemic event at the time of an OVI investigation has a legitimate defense to the charge of DUI (called ‘OVI’ in Ohio).
A truck driver hauling 43,000 pounds of beer was charged with DUI (called ‘OVI’ in Ohio). According to KRCR TV, the driver’s blood alcohol content was ‘over the limit’ for both commercial drivers and non-commercial drivers. While the irony of a beer deliverer being charged with DUI may sound comical, a commercial driver would find nothing funny about being charged with OVI. For holders of a commercial driver’s license (CDL), the rules related to OVI are strict, and the consequences are severe.
Christmas and New Year’s Eve are the most-celebrated holidays in the United States. During the winter holiday season, people attend more work parties, family functions, and other social events than any other time of the year. After attending those events, people need a way to get home. Most of them drive, and some of them drive under the influence. The government knows this, so DUI (called ‘OVI’ in Ohio) enforcement is intensified during this time of the year.
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