Austin Jail Release Lawyer

Pulled Over for DWI

Driving while intoxicated or DWI can be a very traumatizing experience. You need to know what you are up against when you arrested for a DWI. Every state has its own legal limit of intoxication. The legal limit in Texas is .08% BAC. BAC is your Blood Alcohol Concentration which is the amount of alcohol that you have in your system compared to the blood that’s in your system. An officer can pull you over and arrest or cite you for driving while being impaired no matter what your BAC is. Texas also has a zero tolerance policy for underage drinking and driving. They will arrest you and take you to jail if you are underage with any amount of alcohol in your system.

When you get pulled over, the officer will probably ask you to take some sort of field sobriety test. You do have the option to say no, but if you do they will immediately take you to jail and suspend you license for up to 180 days. If you comply with the officer, it will help your case when it eventually comes before a judge and they see that you were very willing and compliant with everything that the officer asked you to do. If this is your first DWI and, other than this, have had a clean record, then the judge will probably go easier on you because you are a first time offender.

If you or someone you know has been pulled over for a DWI, contact Morales and Navarrete the Austin Jail Release Lawyers at 866-812-4596.