Being caught driving drunk on a Garden State roadway is embarrassing enough without being involved in a fender-bender while intoxicated. We said more than a few times in this forum that compounding a DWI arrest with a traffic accident, not to mention an injury-related crash, only complicates one’s drunken driving…
Sometimes it seems that getting arrested for drunken driving or drug DUI in the Garden State is about as easy as going to the supermarket. While a percentage of the individuals that contact our office feel they deserved being arrested for driving while intoxicated by alcohol or impaired by prescription…
Drink and drive in the Garden State and one risks being caught and cited for DWI and possibly other traffic violations. Get behind the wheel after several drinks and cause an accident: the fines and potential liability could cost you big. But drive while intoxicated, cause a car or pedestrian…
Causing significant personal injury or property damage as the result of a car or truck accident can sometimes result in negative ramifications (criminally and/or from a civil standpoint) for the negligent party. This is almost a given in any municipality around the Garden State. And, while causing an accident through…
An Ocean County man was arrested after an alleged DWI car crash in Montgomery Twp., NJ. According to one news report, a resident of Brick, NJ, apparently lost control of his car along a stretch of Cherry Valley Rd., which left the roadway and crashed in what police described as…
Understanding the processes and steps that take place during a drunk driving traffic stop can sometimes serve to prepare certain people who may find themselves in similar situations in the future. When it comes to a DWI arrest, not to mention a possible future conviction, understanding the order of things…
We’ve echoed this bit of information numerous times in this venue, but we’ll say it again; it makes little difference whether a driver is arrested or charged with driving under the influence of alcohol in Bergen, Passaic, Hudson or Ocean County, consequences of a DWI or drug DUI conviction are…
Now that summer is practically here, youngsters all over the Garden State — from junior high to high school will surely be hitting the malls, the seaside and local gathering spots to celebrate yet another school year ended. This is all well and good, but parents of some teens know…
Some might say that teen drinking is an inevitable part of growing up; a literal rite of passage. However, the State of New Jersey has other thoughts regarding underage drinking, not to mention underage DWI. If parents have a difficult time trying to get their children to follow the law…
Most likely we didn’t really have to tell you, since many of you already expected this, but police agencies all over the Garden State will be busy this month enforcing anti-drunk driving laws with an eye toward the state’s high school graduates and other celebrants. As New Jersey DWI and…