A police officer must have a "reasonable suspicion" that you violated the law in order to pull you over. There are many reasons completely unrelated to intoxication that a law enforcement officer can justify pulling you over and temporarily detaining you, including the following:
-Weaving, crossing over lane boundaries
-Tailgating
-Speeding or driving too slowly
-Slowing down and speeding up repeatedly
-Erratic driving
-Failure to signal a lane change
-Running a stop sign or traffic light
-Making an improper turn
-Driving without headlights or taillights
-Expired registration
...and the hundreds of other minor moving violations which you could be cited for.
Also, there are a number of crimes housed within the family of Driving While Intoxicated (DWI) offenses:
- Driving Under the Influence (DUI)
- Driving While Intoxicated (DWI)
- DWI with a breath test + consent issue
- DWI with a breath test + Erdman issue
- DWI with a breath test + Mata issue
- DWI with a blood test + consent issue
- DWI with a blood test pursuant to a search warrant
- DWI with both a breath and blood test
- DWI with an invalid breath test
- DWI without any chemical test
- Total refusal DWI (no field sobriety, blood, or breath tests taken)
- DWI with open container
- DWI with collision
- Intoxication Manslaughter
- Felony Murder
- DWI with a Child Passenger
- Repeat offender DWI
- Habitual offender DWI
- Reckless driving
- Obstructing a Public Passageway |
