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Los Angeles DUI Laws and Lawyers

DUI Los AngelesLos Angeles DUI Laws and Lawyers offers an extensive resource for the individual facing DUI/DWI charges in Los Angeles County: California DUI laws, the criminal court system, finding a Los Angeles DUI attorney or Los Angeles DUI lawyer, contesting DMV suspensions of the driver's license, criminal DUI punishment, police field sobriety and breath tests, car insurance after a DUI, and more. This website provides everything you should be aware of if arrested in Los Angeles for DUI (driving under the influence of alcohol or driving under the influence of drugs, sometimes referred to as DWI, or driving while intoxicated) — including answers to such frequently asked questions as:

"What should I do if I'm stopped in Los Angeles for drunk driving?"
Nationally-known Los Angeles DUI lawyer Lawrence Taylor, author of the legal textbook Drunk Driving Defense (6th edition), offers 5 tips:

  • Politely decline to answer questions without an attorney.
  • Decline to take any field sobriety tests (not required by law and rarely helps you).
  • Unless you are under 21, decline to take any handheld breath test not required by law.
  • Agree to take a required "evidentiary" breath test (blood if confident you are under .08%).
  • Contact the DMV within 10 calendar days to demand a license suspension hearing.

The DUI Exception to the Constitution
The growing loss of our constitutional rights in DUI cases, explained by a prominent Los Angeles DUI attorney.

Los Angeles DUI Attorneys Resources
Information for laymen and Los Angeles DUI attorneys about DUI arrests with links to Los Angeles County resources and other DUI related pages.

Facts and Myths of Defending Against DUI Charges Today
A top DUI attorney in Georgia discusses why a DUI arrest is not a conviction.

California DUI Attorneys Resource Center
Megasite (over 600 links) for both lawyers and the public with extensive information about DUI laws, penalties, police evidence, politics.

The Debate Over .08% Blood-Alcohol Level
A prominent New York DUI lawyer discusses the merits and fallacies of lowering the blood-alcohol level.

DUI Blog
Commentary on bad drunk driving laws and the "New Prohibition."

FindLaw Legal Directory
National legal resource, including some DUI information.

California Drunk Driving
If your DUI/DWI arrest took place outside of Los Angeles County, please visit our statewide website.

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Blood Fermentation

Arterial vs Venous

Retrograde Extrapolation

Computing Blood-Alcohol

Individual Tolerance

Odor of Alcohol on Breath

Car Insurance After a DUI

The Breath Machines

Blood-Alcohol Analysis

The Nystagmus Eye Test

Officer's Field Sobriety Exams

Corpus Delecti

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Los Angeles DUI Laws and Lawyers provides a resource for those accused of drunk driving in Los Angeles. It is also intended as an answer to those organizations working for ever more severe laws, greater use of unfair evidence and procedures, increasing destruction of our constitutional rights, and a new age of prohibition. See the National Motorists Association's website, which offers alternative commentary on issues such as DUI roadblocks, inappropriate criminal penalties and license revocations/suspensions imposed by the officer in the field.

This website is intended to provide DUI information for the following communities in Los Angeles County: Acton, Agoura, Agoura Hills, Agua Dulce, Alhambra, Altadena, Arcadia, Arleta, Artesia, Avalon, Azusa, Baldwin Park, Bassett, Bel Air, Bell, Bell Canyon, Bell Gardens, Bellflower, Belmont Shore, Beverly Hills, Bradbury, Brentwood, Burbank, Calabasas, Canoga Park, Canyon Country, Carson, Castaic, Century City, Cerritos, Chatsworth, City of Commerce, City of Industry, Claremont, Cole, Commerce, Compton, Covina, Cudahy, Culver City, Diamond Bar, Downey, Duarte, Eagle Rock, East Los Angeles, El Monte, El Segundo, Elizabeth Lake, Encino, Gardena, Glendale, Glendora, Granada Hills, Hacienda Heights, Harbor City, Hawaiian Gardens, Hawthorne, Hazard, Hermosa Beach, Hidden Hills, Hollywood, Huntington Park, Inglewood, Irwindale, La Canada, La Canada Flintridge, La Crescenta, La Mirada, La Puente, La Verne, Lake Hughes, Lake Los Angeles, Lake View Terrace, Lakewood, Lancaster, Lawndale, Lennox, Leona Valley, Littlerock, Llano, Lomita, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Los Nietos, Lynwood, Malibu, Manhattan Beach, Mar Vista, Marina del Rey, Maywood, Mission Hills, Monrovia, Montebello, Monterey Park, Montrose, Mount Baldy, Mount Wilson, Newhall, North Hills, North Hollywood, Northridge, Norwalk, Oak Park, Pacific Palisades, Pacoima, Palmdale, Palos Verdes Estates, Panorama City, Paramount, Pasadena, Pearblossom, Pico Rivera, Playa del Rey, Pomona, Porter Ranch, Quartz Hill, Rancho Dominguez, Rancho Palos Verdes, Redondo Beach, Reseda, Rolling Hills, Rolling Hills Estates, Rosemead, Rowland Heights, San Dimas, San Fernando, San Gabriel, San Marino, San Pedro, Santa Clarita, Santa Fe Springs, Santa Monica, Saugus, Sepulveda, Shadow Hills, Sherman Oaks, Sierra Madre, Signal Hill, South El Monte, South Gate, South Pasadena, Studio City, Sun Valley, Sunland, Sylmar, Tarzana, Temple City, Terminal Island, Toluca Lake, Topanga, Torrance, Tujunga, Universal City, Val Verde, Valencia, Valley Village, Valyermo, Van Nuys, Venice, Verdugo City, Vernon, Walnut, West Covina, West Hills, West Hollywood, Westchester, Westwood, Whittier, Wilmington, Winnetka and Woodland Hills.

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