5 Ways to Avoid Being Stopped for Drunk Driving in Nashville

Posted on January 26, 2010 by Rob McKinney

Here's my list of five ways to a avoid being stopped for Drunk Driving in Nashville , Tennessee.

1. Avoid driving on Broadway and West End. They are the same street , but in Nashville we have multiple names for the same street. The  DUI Unit of the Nashville Metro Police Department sets up traffic enforcement near the I-440 access points.

2.Make sure Your headlights  and brake lights are operational.

3.Don't drive with expired tags.

4. Drive the speed limit.

5. Always drink responsibility , have a designated driver, or take a cab.

Be Safe.

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Independant Blood Tests in DUI Cases

Posted on January 18, 2010 by Rob McKinney

The DUI Unit in Nashville, Tennessee uses a breath alcohol test in most DUI arrests .The question is " Do you have a right to an independent blood alcohol test."  .Tennessee Code Annotated 55-10-4109(e) provides that a person tested for blood alcohol "shall be entitled to have an additional sample of blood or urine procured and the resulting test performed by any medical laboratory  of that person's own choosing and at that person's own expense." So , once you blow.You have a right to an independent blood test. Demand it.

If the police refuse to give you an independent blood test , what happens ? In Tennessee v.  Geselbracht , The Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals upheld a trial court's dismissal of DUI charges based upon a refusal to allow the defendant his right for an independent blood test.The Court found that the police violate his his reasonable request to obtain evidence in his defense.

 

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