Someone wants to know the difference between a dui and a dwi.
"If you get pulled over and you have been drinking but your blood alcohol content is under the legal limit and you’re of legal drinking age what happens? Do you get a dui or a dwi or what?"
Well that depends on why you got pulled over. In Georgia, there is a “less safe” law concerning driving. You could blow zero and still get arrested for DUI. If you are, in the officer’s mind, driving “less than safe” and there is any kind of drug in your body, you can get arrested for impaired driving.
Generally speaking, it would have to be a mind altering drug, but any drug-under the right conditions-can be a mind altering drug.
DUI & DWI are terms that deal with impaired driving in different states.
Generally speaking, DWI stands for ‘driving while intoxicated’ which would mainly be alcohol and generally isn’t as serious as DUI which means ‘driving under the influence’ and that means under the influence of anything that can/could impair your driving.
DUI Kills
An accident that occured early Saturday morning, August 27, in Doraville resulted in the death of a 43-year-old Atlanta resident. Gwinnett Police say that alcohol played a role in the fatal collision.
At approximately 2 a.m. on Sat., Aug. 27, Luis Chauca-Morales was travelling on Buford Highway, attempting to turn left on Global Forum Boulevard. Chauca-Morales failed to yield to oncoming traffic and was struck by a car, according to a police release.
The passenger in the Chauca-Morales car, 43-year-old Mario Villa-Anguerro, sustained life-threatening injuries. He was transported to Gwinnett Medical Center where he later died as a result of those injuries.
Police say that it is "believed that alcohol was a factor in this accident."
(Published in the Tucker Patch Newsletter, by staff writer)
How would YOUR life change if you accidentally killed someone. And, how would your life change if you couldn’t remember killing someone?
A Young Mother Is Guilty of DUI and Puts Her Children at Risk
[by Sandy Hodson, Staff Writer, Augusta Chronicle]
The mother of three small children who tried to outrun a sheriff’s deputy while drunk with the children in her vehicle pleaded guilty Friday.
Rebecca L. Avrett, 27, was sentenced in Richmond County Superior Court to five years in prison, followed by 15 years on probation. She pleaded guilty to 20 charges, including fleeing, cruelty to children in the second degree, endangering a child while driving under the influence, violation of the Georgia child-restraint law and possession of a open container of alcohol while driving.
Avrett was in a minor accident on James Drive on May 14. When Deputy Calvin Davis arrived, Avrett drove away and hit 80-85 mph before crashing into a tree, District Attorney John Markwalter said.
Judge Michael N. Annis, who was assigned to Avrett’s case, asked her whether the children were injured. Avrett said they had bumps and bruises. The children are 5, 6 and 8.
Avrett’s mother had been killed in a drunken-driving accident when she crashed into a tree, said Assistant Public Defender Penelope Donkar. Avrett, who was a child at the time, was raised in foster homes. She is deeply aware of the tragic irony of what happened in May and has a serious alcohol problem that needs to be addressed, Donkar said.
Avrett’s two previous traffic offenses included a DUI.
Treatment and counseling are part of the sentence Annis imposed. She must also undergo drug tests and treatment for mental health.
Young Intoxicated Adult Changes the Course of Life
Atlanta is a big metropolis with many towns and counties. Paulding county is one of the counties.
I often wonder why people are so naive and so selfish when it comes to drinking alcohol that they put other people’s lives at stake for their own selfish drinking pleasure.
One such incident involved a young and foolish 23-year-old man, driving with his younger 16-year-old brother. This adult (but not mature) driver was intoxicated and killed a motorcyclist after pulling out in front of him.
Alcohol deadens the senses and reflexes. Lives and families are changed forever.
Teen’s Life Wasted From Alcohol and DUI
In February, 2011, a 17-year-old was charged with vehicular HOMICIDE after killing a 16-year-old girl while driving drunk.
One split second after making a bad choice to drink and drive… now their lives and the lives of friends and family have been changed forever.
"This is sad, yes. However, these children were the master of their own destiny. Now that child Jason will live in hate from the family that lost their daughter. All of those children decided to go out and party. So all of those children should be held accountable for what happened, even the girl who lost her life. She got in the car with a person who was drunk.
I am glad that there is still civilizations where teenagers aren’t out boozing and acting irresponsible in the world. It gives humanity a bad name when society portrays this instead of poor children dying of hunger or being raped by elderly men who have aids because they believe it will pass it onto the virgin. Americans need to grow up."
Channel 2 Action News reporter George Howell spoke with police, who said three of the teens involved in the crash are students at Alexander High School in Douglas County. The 16-year-old girl who was killed, Cheyanne Sauls, attended Villa Rica High School. A fourth teenage passenger fled the scene on foot, police said.
Investigators said the driver lost control of his Chevrolet Blazer on a curve. The SUV flipped several times before slamming into a U-Haul truck, police said."
Below is a comment from a newspaper article mentioning this terrible life-snuffing event:
"Television media failed to highlight Cheyenne’s dad publicly stating that he wants to use his daughter’s death to make a statement to all how quickly life can change; how every day is a gift; how all the drama cannot bring his daughter back."
This is NOT the way to get your name in the paper. Do something with your life! Create something. Discover something. Heal something. BE something. But, whatever you do, don’t be a drunk!
What A Stupid, Unconcerned and Selfish Mother!
Maria Michelle Baylor, 35, of Jackson, TN, faces DUI and child endangerment charges, according to an arrest warrant obtained by the AJC. Baylor remained in jail Tuesday night on $35,000 bond, five days after her arrest by Marietta police.
Baylor was driving a 2004 Chevrolet Impala southbound on I-75 near Delk Road when she was spotted driving at high speed, police said.
"Accused was paced in excess of 90 mph by a marked and calibrated patrol car which was traveling at 90 mph as the accused vehicle was still moving away," the warrant states.
Once stopped, Baylor allegedly had red, glossy eyes, slurred speech and smelled of alcohol, police said. She admitted to having alcohol earlier in the day. Baylor failed field sobriety tests and refused a breath test, the warrant states.
Four children ages 7 to 13 were inside Baylor’s car at the time of her arrest, police said.
As she was being arrested, Baylor allegedly threatened a Marietta police officer and his family, leading to an additional charge of terroristic threats.
Baylor allegedly told Officer Michael Gardner "that his head was going to open up and brains come out on a traffic stop in the future," the warrant states.
The four juveniles were released to the woman’s boyfriend, Gardner told the AJC.
By Alexis Stevens, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Even Law Enforcers Break the DUI Laws
In Gwinnett County, a deputy sheriff was arrested for suspicion of DUI after being stopped for slow driving and swerving along Interstate 85, near Pleasantdale Road.
It doesn’t take much to discover a car driving down the center lane, not being able to drive in a straight line. Speech impediment is also a huge clue that a driver has been drinking, as evidenced by the police officer on duty who stopped the deputy, Melvin Robinson, age 40.
Originally, Robinson denied drinking, then later admitted his guilt. He was placed in a non-law-enforcement capacity awaiting further investigation and legal processing.
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