| An expungement is a process where a conviction or plea of either Guilty or No Contest in a criminal case is set aside and the case is dismissed, including a DUI arrest. |
Erase Driving RecordYour driving record, depending on the state is typically kept by the DMV for approximately 10 years. In today's day and age your driving record is becoming more and more important concerning employment background checks, and qualification for certain activities like crossing the border to Canada or adopting a child, or automobile insurance etc... it is vital to check and see if you can erase your driving record. The irony is that your driving record became so heavily scrutinized while at the same time its becoming easier than ever to be wrongfully charged with a violation. Once you are charged its nearly impossible to get the DMV to erase your driving record even if the courts dismiss the case and/or you are proven innocent. Driving records can be tainted by having one glass of red wine with dinner and driving around the block to go home from your neighbor's house. Just ask the millions of Americans that get wrongfully accused of this everyday. The extreme laws in effect today having to do with such low BAC's like 0.08 is a political move by your state to generate revenue. The federal government allocate's more money to each state that enacts the 0.08 BAC law, while the ones that keep the 0.10 BAC law don't get the extra funding. Statistics have proven that drivers that have a BAC of 0.08 or below are safer than a driver traveling at 15 MPH over the posted speed limit. A driving record containing a speeding violation is not even considered "bad." Did you know that the organization called MADD lobbied to congress to have the term "alcohol related incident" defined as anyone having any measurable amount of alcohol in their system involved in the DUI accident. That means that someone could be asleep in their parked car with a measurable amount of alcohol and a sober driver could hit them in a parking lot and that accident is considered alcohol related even though the person driving and the cause of the accident was stone cold sober, a perfect example where the driver can erase his driving record. Even with the tainting of statistics like that and by other means the incidence of alcohol related fatalities of drivers with BAC's of 0.08 or lower has steadily fallen since 1990. Your driving record is something to investigate and learn about especially if you have been convicted of a DUI offense. It is possible to erase your driving record and start fresh if you take the right steps. One of our DUI Expungement Attorneys will explain the steps you need to take and what you can do. |
