In Greeley, Erie, and Evans, you will be charged with Driving Under the Influence or Driving While Ability Impaired if your blood alcohol content (BAC) is at or above .05. Often roadsides tests are used by Greeley Police to establish probable cause for an arrest and once an arrest is made, the arrestee must submit a breath or blood sample to get a BAC level. I recently read a ridiculous story where a man was arrested for Driving Under the Influence (DUI) and called his girlfriend to bail him out of jail. His girlfriend hopped in the car, only she was also drunk. When she arrived at the police station, she gave a breath sample, which measured twice the legal limit. Instead of picking up her boyfriend, she ended up joining him in jail.
Weld County DUI Lawyer: Definition of Driving Under the Influence and Driving While Ability Impaired
The Weld, Morgan, and Logan County, Colorado law definition of Driving Under the Influence and Driving While Ability Impaired – C.R.S. 42-4-1301 – are:
Driving While Ability Impaired means driving a motor vehicle or vehicle when a person has consumed alcohol or one or more drugs, or a combination of both alcohol and one or more drugs, that affects the person to the slightest degree so that the person is less able than the person ordinarily would have been, either mentally or physically, or both mentally and physically, to exercise clear judgment, sufficient physical control, or due care in the safe operation of a vehicle.
According to the statute, blood alcohol content levels determine if a person is impaired and which charges will apply to their situation:
- A BAC of .05-.079 is charged as Driving While Ability Impaired (DWAI)
- A BAC of .08 is charged as Driving Under the Influence (DUI)
If you or someone you love has been charged with DUI (Driving Under the Influence) or DWAI (Driving While Ability Impaired), be smart, exercise your right to remain silent, and contact the best Greeley criminal defense attorneys from the O’Malley Law Office at 970-616-6009 to schedule your free consultation. Together, we can protect your future.
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