Your blood alcohol content (BAC) level is an important unit of measurement. Law enforcement relies on it to determine if you are over the legal limit of 0.08 percent. But do you start feeling drunk at this BAC level? In reality, how your BAC affects you differs...

North Carolina has a number of laws that determine how drivers get handled when under the influence. First, there are tests an officer may ask you to take. The officer then uses the results to determine if they should arrest you on suspicion of DUI. Accordingly, field...

If law enforcement suspects drivers of operating a vehicle while intoxicated and places them under arrest, they will ask the drivers to submit to chemical testing to determine their blood alcohol concentration level. This may involve them providing a breath, blood or...

North Carolina has a five-level penalty system for convictions of driving while intoxicated. Drivers who receive this misdemeanor conviction may be subject to jail time and other penalties. Review the possible penalties for DWI in North Carolina. Level V DWI This...

As a driver in North Carolina, you are subject to the DUI laws of the state. This means you may undergo certain tests if an officer believes you drove under the influence. One of the first tests you will run into is likely a field sobriety test. There are two types:...

Every year hundreds of people die in over long weekends after drunken partygoers turn to the roads. Understandably, the government has responded through increased police presence, DUI checkpoints and other initiatives throughout those weekends. The side effect of...

Everyone knows that today’s standard for Breathalyzer testing is .08. When you reach that level of intoxication, you are unfit to drive and will be charged with drunk driving if the police pull you over. What many people don’t realize is that you do not need to reach...

Are you a North Carolina resident that officers pulled over for sobriety testing? If so, you may run into a field sobriety test. This is often the first test officers give when checking a driver's sobriety level. Today we will look at two different types of field...

As a professional driver, reporting certain convictions to your current employer is an obligation that comes along with your CDL privileges. Federal law requires you to report DUI or other moving violation convictions to your employer within 30 days. As for arrests,...

For most in Winston-Salem, the de-facto representation of a criminal charge for drunk driving is a person standing on the side of the road blowing into a hand-held breath testing device. This prompts the question of why law enforcement authorities would use such a...