Japan could potentially see harsher punishments for reckless drivers. The country’s Justice Ministry is currently drafting laws that would decrease differences between types of reckless driving and their penalties. Japan’s current legislation divides reckless driving into two categories: dangerous driving which results in death or injury and negligent driving which results in death or injury. […]

What NOT to do if you’re stopped by the police: A Florida woman charged with driving under the influence allegedly offered sexual favors to the arresting police officer in order to let her go. On Sunday, January 13, 2013, a seventh grade teacher was arrested after hitting a Chevy pickup truck and driving away; a […]

Thomas Gibson plead “no contest” on Tuesday, January 29, 2013 to charges related to a driving under the influence incident. Thomas, who plays Aaron Hotchner on CBS’s Criminal Minds, allegedly drove his car through an area marked off for a nighttime half marathon in Los Angeles on January 6, 2013. When officers told him that […]

The Supreme Court of Virginia recently considered (Kelley v. Stamos) whether or not a General District Court judge could amend a Virginia DWI charge to reckless driving. It’s a complicated procedural case, but the Virginia Supremes basically said that the Circuit Court couldn’t order the trial judge to find a defendant guilty of DWI. In […]

I’m not sure where that myth came from, but pleading “no contest” in court doesn’t mean that your record will stay clean. Video Transcription Hello. My name is Andrew Flusche. I’m a Virginia traffic and misdemeanor attorney. Does no contest mean the charge won’t be on your record? Unfortunately, no. I’m not sure where that […]

Honestly, it doesn’t matter. For a drinking while driving charge, the Commonwealth just has to prove that the container was open and some alcohol was removed. A rough estimate should be in the deputy’s report, which I will hear when I sit down to talk with the prosecutor. Photo by: ccharmon Originally published at AndrewFlusche.com. […]

The U.S. Supreme Court will soon make a decision on the constitutionality of warrantless blood tests to determine blood alcohol content of drivers pulled over and suspected of driving under the influence. On Wednesday, January 9, 2013, lawyers presented arguments to the Supreme Court for a case that began in Missouri. A police officer pulled […]

A Prince William County school bus driver has been charged with reckless driving after she crashed her bus and injured nine students. The driver, from Spotsylvania County, allegedly failed to stop at a stop sign when turning right. This resulted in a crash with a 1999 GMC truck. Nine students between 14 and 18 years […]

A man in Berlin, Maryland was charged twice in the same night with driving under the influence. He was not, however, charged twice in one night with the same crime. He allegedly committed the same offense twice in one night. On December 12, 2012, Richard Hudome was pulled over for speeding and then arrested for […]

In every Virginia DWI case that I handle, I seek out the video if there is any. But what happens if there isn’t a video from the cruiser? Does that help our defense? Video Transcription Hello, my name is Andrew Flusche. I’m a Virginia traffic and misdemeanor attorney. One of the things that a lot […]