DUI Defender

In February of last year I wrote that a DUI was the $10,000 ride ride home. Recently CNBC published an article putting the cost at $20,000. The total takes into consideration many of the underlying costs of a DUI and does not include those that would be quite obvious if there was an accident, injury or death involved in the drunk driving incident.

The costs delieated include the prolonged insurance rate increases, time spent away from work fighting the charges, serving the sentence, attending alcohol education and/or treatment, alternative transportation, the “up-front” costs like bail and getting the towed vehicle out of impound, and of course the fines. Many places charge for jail alternatives, dui education and dui treatment.

Needless to say the article does not include the potential costs such as loss of job or opportunity if a DUI conviction prevents professional licensing or other career advancement.

Unfortunately, the real cost of a DUI is unknown by any particular person, until it happens to them. As an attorney in the DUI defense field, I can also state with confidence that the costs are not going down, they are only going up, and impact a conviction will have is genuine and serious for most people.

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