Avoid The High Costs of a San Diego California DUI Defense Lawyer,
Fees, Court Costs, Loss of License/Job and Increased Insurance due to
a California DUI Conviction

For anyone unlucky enough to experience the high costs of a San Diego
California DUI or DWI conviction, you know the extremely high costs
associated with drunk driving which include San Diego California DUI defense
lawyer fees, court costs, cost of treatment classes, higher auto insurance,
not to mention injury or death in some cases. There are some simple,
inexpensive gadgets out there that can help to prevent you from getting
behind the wheel when you've had a few too many.

Easy to help are people that may be border-line over-the-limit, which in
most states is .08 blood alcohol content (BAC) or higher. There's no exact
way of knowing just how much alcohol will effect each individual, because
BAC levels can vary depending upon your weight, if you have any food in your
stomach, and how much/fast you're consuming the alcohol.

The California Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs reports that a 150
lb. person who drinks three 12 oz. beers or glasses of wine every half hour
will have a BAC level near the legal limit of .08. They also report average
San Diego DUI or DWI conviction costs of over $10,000 (not including DUI
defense attorney fees or lost wages). It's worth spending some money on a
device that can help try to estimate your BAC so that you don't end-up
getting pulled over after having 4-5 drinks, and you end up blowing at or
above the legal limit.

San Diego California DUI Cops are ruthless when it comes to San Diego
California drunk driving. They won't hesitate to haul you off to jail for
blowing just over the legal limit. A San Diego California DUI can be
expensive, inconvenient, embarrassing, and you can lose your license or even
job in some cases. Here are the gadgets that can help prevent a San Diego
California drunk driving mess.

These are only a few of the available inexpensive and not necessarily
reliable or accurate devices on the market. Do your research before choosing
one. Before using any of these, make sure you consume no alcohol and do not
burp/belch/regurgitate gas for at least 15-20 minutes prior to blowing.

Backtrack Personal Breathalyzer (about $80)

A Backtrack Personal Breathalyzer is a personal breathalyzer that is small
enough to fit inside your pocket or purse, which makes it very convenient to
bring anywhere. It features a patented technology called BluFire, which
basically steadies the airflow when you blow into the device to provide more
accurate results. Also, it doesn't have a mouthpiece to blow into (great for
germaphobes!), so you can blow into it from up to a half inch away. It will
give you a purported BAC within 3 seconds. (www.Xunga.com)

AlcoMate Prestige AL6000 Breathalyzer (about $130)

An AlcoMate Prestige AL6000 Breathalyzer is a device alot like a typical
breathalyzer where you blow into a mouthpiece to get your BAC reading. What
makes it different, though, is a patent-pending technology that makes
recalibrating this breathalyzer very easy to do. Most breathalyzers must be
recalibrated every once in a while, and so you must ship the device
somewhere to get calibrated and it ends up taking a lot of time to do all
this. The Prestige, on the other hand, features a replaceable pre-calibrated
alcohol sensor module that is easy to remove and replace when necessary.
(Breathalcolyzer)

Key chain Breathalyzer (about $30)

There are a variety of key chain breathalyzers out there, and this is one of
them. These are very convenient, because they are small enough to put on
your key chain and are very inexpensive. They won't be as accurate as
potentially some of the more expensive models, but they are still better
than nothing. This particular one even has a built-in flashlight and
stopwatch so it's kinda cool anyway.

Emerging technologies that will help to eliminate California drunk driving

There is some technology in the works right now that we'll probably see in
the near future that are built-in to new cars. One of these is a patented
sensor that was invented by Dr. Dennis Bellehumeur that would be built-in to
a car's steering wheel and prevent the car from starting if it detects too
much alcohol or drugs. This sensor works by detecting the amount of alcohol
in your sweat. It then sends a signal to your car's ignition system
essentially telling it to not start.

Nissan is just one of the automakers that is making the prevention of drunk
driving one of their initiatives in their future cars. They are working on 3
prototype systems that would help eliminate drunk driving. One of these
systems is a sensor placed in the gear-shift lever that would detect too
much alcohol and then disable the ignition system. It would then prompt the
driver, via the GPS screen, that alcohol was detected and the car can't be
operated.

A second system being tested by Nissan involves a camera being mounted in
front of the driver that would monitor the driver's eye movements. If it
senses that the driver is dozing off, the car will automatically tighten the
seatbelt a few times to try and jolt the driver to wake up.

A third prototype system that Nissan is working on is a sensor that monitors
the path of the car. If the car is weaving around the road, the sensor will
tighten the driver's seatbelt a few times and give voice and visual prompts
on the GPS screen to try and alert the driver that they are all over the
road. There's no word yet on when these 3 systems could actually hit the
road, but Nissan hopes to begin putting this technology into their
automobiles very soon.

These are just a few of the many tools that may help to save you from a San
Diego California DUI or California DWI arrest in the future. When you
consider the cost of a San Diego California DUI defense lawyer alone, it
makes spending a $100 on a device like the ones listed above a no-brainer.
Nobody knows for sure whether they are at a BAC level of 0.7 or 0.8 when
they've had a few drinks at the bar, and that tiny difference in BAC can
end-up costing you thousands of dollars plus possible loss of license and/or
job. If you're a casual drinker who occasionally goes out and has 3-4
drinks, it is suggested to invest in some kind of BAC tester just to be
safe.

Remember: Unless you are under 21, do not blow into any small hand-held
California breath test gadget offered by a California police officer - you
have the option to refuse this voluntary Preliminary Alcohol Screening (PAS)
Test. You only have to blow into one big breath test machine or provide a
blood sample for implied consent purposes in California.