A driver may be subject to Impaired driving charges when a law enforcement officer suspects that a substance, chemical or condition is impairing the driver’s ability to operate a motor vehicle safely. The most common impaired driving arrests involve drinking and driving. However, more and more of these arrests occur as a result of the suspicion that the accused driver’s are under the influence of illegal drugs or even legal prescription medications. The impaired driving defence team at the The Law Office of McGlashan & Mackinnon has an impeccable reputation for successfully and aggressively defending impaired driving charges because we employ the following approaches:
Everybody makes mistakes… including people who may have had a little too much to drink and the police officers who make impaired driving arrests & dwi arrests. Because so much is at stake when you or someone you know is arrested and charged with driving impaired, it is critical that you get the help of a dui lawyer who knows the system and can give you the best chance of getting your drunk driving arrest charges dismissed or reduced. The impaired driving lawyers at the The Law Office of McGlashan & Mackinnon have been very successful in helping clients continue their everyday lives after dui arrests.
Drunk driving law prohibits the operation of a motor vehicle while having the care or control over that vehicle and while one’s ability to operate that vehicle is impaired by alcohol. Dwi laws dictate that, if you are taken into custody on suspicion that you are driving drunk, that a qualified technician will take samples of the accused driver’s breath into a breathalyzer device known as the Intoxylizer 5000C. The test is administered to determine the level of milligrams of alcohol present per 100 milliliters of blood. Dui laws state that the charge of over .08 is usually added if the driver’s breath sample registers over the legal allowable limit of .08. The charge of refusal will result if the driver fails to either provide a sample of their breath into the intoxylizer device at the police holding facility or at the roadside into a certified breath screening device.
At the The Law Office of McGlashan & Mackinnon our goal is to get as much of the police and prosecutor’s evidence excluded because of errors. Charges of drunk driving, impaired driving, over .08, DUI and DWI and refusal are very technical and require the police and technicians to obey strict procedures and rules of conduct. There is so much room for error that even if the officer’s investigation stands up, the roadside screening device and/or the breath machine can be wrong. There are a variety of ways to challenge their accuracy. The dui defence team at the The Law Office of McGlashan & Mackinnon are skillful in scrutinizing the evidence and pointing out errors so that as much evidence as possible is excluded from the prosecution’s case.
If you or someone you know and love has been arrested and charged with a dui, impaired driving or causing a drunk driving accident, their very way of life could be drastically interrupted if they do not choose a dui lawyer that has a proven track record in Alberta courts. If a person loses their license or has their driving privileges suspended due to impaired or drinking and driving accidents, the way they go about their daily lives could change drastically due to one or more of the following:
If you or someone you know is looking at impaired driving or drunk driving accident related charges, you need to know all of your options, from the side of the defense and the prosecution. Contact the The Law Office of McGlashan & Mackinnon today to schedule a free consultation to discuss the best defences to your impaired drunk driving case.
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