Louis J. Goodman Law Blog

Last week we talked about not drinking and driving.  Let's go to the next step.

It's after 6 PM, way after 6 PM, and you've had a few, maybe a few too many.  You're only a few miles from home, there's not much traffic on the road, no reason why you can't make it home.  WRONG.

Here's the problem: there's not much traffic on the road, so the police target anyone who is.  Face it, most people driving after midnight have probably had something to drink. ... Read More

I'm
often asked how to "beat" a Driving Under the Influence charge. 

This
may sound simplistic, but the easy answer is don't get arrested.  OK, so
how do you do that.  I once met a friend of a friend who announced to me
that he never drove anywhere after 6 PM.  I didn't think much about it,
but I thought it odd.  Then I went to... Read More