Blood Alcohol Content Lawyer Philadelphia

The concentration of alcohol in your bloodstream affects your response time and ability to drive a motor vehicle. Police and troopers are constantly on the lookout for impaired drivers and pull over those they suspect. How is drunk driving proved? In the last few years video cameras have been in more common usage. Police use field sobriety tests to check your condition. And blood samples and Breathalyzer machines attempt to calibrate your blood alcohol content (BAC).

A level of .08 is the standard across most of the country. If you are found to have this level or higher, you may be charged. Different categories of drivers have different maximum levels. Commercial drivers have a .04 limit, minors and school bus drivers .02.

Penalties

Penalties for driving under the influence are aggravated if BAC is particularly high, or after repeat offenses and under other circumstances.

Refusal

Can you refuse to allow your breath or blood to be tested? Yes, however, your driver's license will be suspended. When you get a driver's license, you are consenting to cooperate with law enforcement, and refusal warrants suspension of your driving privileges. Bear in mind that even if the prosecutor does not have BAC evidence, there may be other evidence such as videotape that could suffice to convict you.

DUI Defense

Blood alcohol content evidence, and other evidence, can be suppressed from use against you if it was collected in violation of your constitutional rights to be free of unreasonable search or seizure.

As with breath tests, blood test results can be faulty due to human error, misuse of testing equipment, or other glitch. Contact a BAC DWI defense attorney in Pennsylvania.