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California License Suspension after a DUI. Welcome everyone to the DUI Minute, a series of educational videos brought to you by San Diego Defenders. Hi I’m Dan Smith, your host, the supervising attorney for San Diego Defenders. Today we’re giving you some educational points that are not meant to be legal advice. If you need legal advice please contact your attorney, and talk to him or her specifically about the issues regarding your case. Today we’re talking about what happens after or if the DMV suspends your license. Now the DMV goes through the admin per se process, and we talked about that a little bit earlier. If the DMV rules that your license should be suspended, there’s a series of things that you can do. You can talk this over with your attorney; you can enter the first conviction program and receive the right to get a restricted driver’s license. It’s called restricted for a reason. Now it restricts you to drive to and from work, to and from and your educational institution, but it doesn’t allow you to do a lot of other things. For instance, you can’t go to the bar and have a beer with your buddies, and you certainly won’t be able to do that under those conditions. What it really means is that it’s restricted to, again, driving to and from work and for educational purposes. But there’s one hiccup in there that I want you to remember. Many many times the court will order you to do the Mothers Against Drunk Driver program. Okay that’s California; it may be …

America’s Top DUI Defense Lawyers Visit our website at www.1800dialdui.com Top 10 DUI Rights for a Santa Barbara DUI If you have had any alcohol to drink within 10 hours of driving and you are being pulled over by law enforcement remember the following rights which could save you from being convicted of a DUI: 1. You have the right to remain silent. This includes answering questions such as “how much have you had to drink,” “what was the last time you drank any alcohol,” “do you feel the effects of the alcohol!” 2. You have the right to NOT subject yourself to Field Sobriety tests. If you are 21 or more years old, and are not on DUI probation, It is LEGAL to decline the Field Sobriety tests even if you have been drinking and driving. 3. You have the right to NOT blow into the HANDHELD breath device at the side of the road where you were stopped. This is just another field sobriety test which can be declined. 4. You have the right to have in your possession ONE wallet or coin purse which has the following three documents readily accessible: (i) valid driver’s license, (ii) valid registration for the vehicle you are driving and (iii) valid proof of insurance. That way when asked by a cop you will have all the required documents in one place and the cop can’t fill his police report with gibberish about you fumbling for your documents. 5. You have the right to demand a BLOOD test NOT A BREATH test if arrested. The cop may try to talk you into a breath test. Do not do it. 6 …

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