Boston OUI/DUI Defense Blog

As you may be aware, getting an OUI, or drunk driving conviction, can affect your career and future employment. Imagine being an employer. You want to hire someone who can be at work on time, who is trustworthy and who is reliable. Then, you review the applicant's background check and see an OUI. Now, you have to question if they can get to work on time and if they are reliable. You have to question if they would perform the job safely.

When you look at it from that angle, would you hire someone with an OUI? It's possible, but it does significantly limit your options. That's why it's a good idea to defend yourself, even if this is a first-time offense. An OUI has consequences that can last for months or years, so you need to do all you can to avoid a conviction.

As pretty much everyone who drives knows, driving under the influence of alcohol increases the risk of an accident. It also increases the likelihood of a run in with the law. However, in this case, "knowledge does not equal power" because people continue to drive while intoxicated and face the repercussions.

If you're pulled over in Massachusetts for suspicion of driving under the influence, it's critical to protect your legal rights from that point forward. This starts with knowing what to say and what not to say during your arrest and processing.

Drivers in Massachusetts often find themselves facing a DUI charge despite not being a habitual drinker and generally staying within their limits. How does this happen? Sometimes a person really does have one too many. Also, some alcoholic beverages affect people differently. A person who handles their whisky well but one night decides to have vodka instead, may find that their body is more susceptible to one form of alcoholic drink than the other.

CNN points out that people are also not very good at knowing their limit. Because of this, some smartphone apps are coming to the rescue. These apps can be helpful not just for repeat DUI offenders or people who struggle with alcoholism, but even people who only drink on occasion. In fact, it is not a bad idea to get into the habit of checking potential impairment before getting behind the wheel and attempting to drive home.

Like many other states, underage drinking is a problem in Massachusetts. Many high school and college students consider binge drinking a rite of passage as they mature from teenagers to adults. This type of thinking has led to reckless and irresponsible behavior at parties and behind the wheel. But is restriction always the best way for you to protect minors from the responsibilities they will have when they can legally drink? After all, adults 21 years and older get DUIs too.

Some parents are now considering a different approach by setting their own rules at home. CNN shares the method one family used to prepare their college-bound son. Rather than allow him to have his initial experiment without adult supervision in college, his father allowed him to have the occasional beer while supervised on vacation in Canada, where the legal drinking age is 18 years old.