If you’re an underage driver or have a CDL, you’ll want to read this Drivers who have special licenses face some very strict New Jersey DWI laws. Drivers who just started driving and are under the age of 21, and those who drive commercially for a living, face increased consequences for drunk driving than the penalties for the typical adult driver. Consider the fact that those drivers (even boaters) who are under the age of 21 risk an underage DWI conviction with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of just .01%. If convicted of violating N.J.S.A. 39:4-50.14 (underage or “kiddie” DWI), those drivers will…Read More
New Jersey is one of the states that will not place penalties, in the form of points, on your driver’s license record for every motor vehicle offense. If you’ve been convicted for DWI (N.J.S.A. 39:4-50) or Refusal (N.J.S.A. 39:4-50.4a), then no points will be placed on your license. However, points may be assessed for other moving violations however. The New Jersey’s Motor Vehicle Commission (MVC) assesses points. Be aware that as your license accumulates points, surcharges will also accrue and will have to be paid. These surcharges can ultimately total thousands of dollars. For example, drivers who accumulate six points…Read More
If you had read, “How to Avoid a DUI During the Holidays-Part 1,” then hopefully you steered clear of drunk driving during the Thanksgiving holiday. Nonetheless, this is the time of year when Christmas holiday parties are abundant and so is the alcohol being served at those parties. This article outlines four more tips that should be kept in mind in order to avoid a DUI. Tip 5: Don’t drink alcohol if you are driving. This is the surest way not to get charged with a DUI. (Refer to Tip 1). Tip 6: If you decided to drink and then…Read More
If you’re a resident of or if you ever travel to New Jersey, you’ll want to be aware of its unusual DWI laws. .. For example, if you’ve had a DWI in another State, you may be believe that an administrative hearing will first occur, which is usually held at the Motor Vehicle Department for a particular State. However, New Jersey has no administrative hearings. All of the consequences to your driver’s license are imposed by the courts. If you’ve been arrested for DWI in New Jersey, there are two ways you can be prosecuted: You can be prosecuted traditionally, where the…Read More
If you live in the State of New Jersey, you’ll want to know all the ways your driver’s license can be suspended. You’ll also want to know that it’s the courts that impose the consequences to your driver’s license. Finally, you’ll want to know that just a simple moving violation can lead to points assessed on your driver’s license, which can lead to surcharges and, if those surcharges aren’t paid, can ultimately lead to your license being suspended. And if you’ve had a DWI in New Jersey, failure to pay the fines results in the loss of your license (along with a…Read More
Driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol is a major traffic offense, punishable with fines, jail-time, and suspension of a driver’s license. For those offenders living in the state of New Jersey, knowing what the IDRC is and how it works is vitally important. So, what is the IDRC? The IDRC is short for the Intoxicated Driver Resource Center, which has locations throughout the State of New Jersey for drivers who have been involved in alcohol-related offenses while behind the wheel of a motor vehicle. There are IDRC centers throughout each county of the state for first-time offenders and…Read More
Kevin Leckerman, of Leckerman Law, a Pennsylvania and South New Jersey DUI / DWI defense law firm, has recently trained with The Rainmaker Retreat to learn advanced marketing techniques for lawyers. “I attended the Rainmaker Retreat for two days in October of 2010. The quality of information provided concerning bringing new clients to my law firm and running a more efficient business was amazing. I left the Retreat with a notebook filled of ideas that I could immediately implement. After one month of utilizing the principles that I learned at the Rainmaker Retreat, I could already see positive changes in my law practice.…Read More
Anyone that has been driving for more than a year has likely had a run-in with an officer. This could be something as simple as driving through a check-point roadblock, or being stopped for failing to stop at a Stop sign. Whatever the case may by, police officers in general must have a reason for pulling someone over. When a DWI / DUI charge is involved, things get a little more difficult. Reasonable Suspicion Defined Basically, reasonable suspicion works in the following way: if a cautious, reasonable police officer witnessed your actions, would that person think that a crime has been committed?…Read More
Driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol on the roads of New Jersey is an offense not taken lightly by the state authorities. If you have been arrested and charged with DUI or DWI in the State of New Jersey, knowing what you are up against is important. One roadblock along the way to restoring your license is the possibility of having an ignition interlock device installed in your vehicle. An ignition interlock device is attached to your vehicle and it has a built-in breathalyzer, preventing you from driving if your Blood Alcohol Content (BAC) is above 0.05 percent. If you are…Read More
New Jersey’s Department of Motor Vehicles is now known as the Motor Vehicle Commission (MVC), and it is this entity that places penalties on your license, in the form of points, for moving violations. If a driver accumulates six points or more within a period of three years surcharges will be assessed. Surcharges are imposed for other traffic violations as well, such as a New Jersey DWI or refusing to submit breath samples for testing. These costs can be very high and, if you fail to pay them, can also lead to an indefinite driver’s license suspension. You’ll have to…Read More