Nashville Auotmobile Accident Attorney Talks About Habitual Traffic Offenders In Tennessee
As an experienced Tennessee automobile accident lawyer I can tell you that when you have achieved the status of an habitual traffic offender for having multiple DUI convictions you might want to pay attention and accept the possibility that you have a problem with alcohol and drugs. At the very least you ought to consider not driving until you ahave your license reinstated some years down the line.
That lesson was apparently not learned by a Johnson City Tennessee woman, who chose to continue to drive. The action started when she was involved in a fender bender in the parking lot of a Methodist church. When police arrived to do an accident report the jig was up for the 45-year-old woman.
In Tennessee we are serious about keeping people like this lady off of the road. The legislature has made legal consequences for multiple DUI severe and can make for a serious change in your lifestyle.
Penalties can be:
* Fines range from $600 to $10,000
* Minimum jail time ranges from 48 days to 120 days
* Maximum jail time can extend to almost one year
* License revocation ranges from two to ten years
The statute also provides for vehicle confiscation and there will be no opportunity to get a temporary drivers license for school, work, hospital, doctor’s visits or church. Drunk driving is one of America’s deadliest crimes. Here in Tennessee in 2008, 327 people were killed in crashes where the driver or motorcyclist had a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of .08 or higher. That is down from 377 people killed in 2007 with a BAC of .08 or higher.
On average, a human being is killed by a drunk driver every 45 minutes. In 2008, an estimated 11,773 people died in drunk driving related crashe a decline of 9.8 percent from the 13,041 drunk driving related fatalities of 2007.
If you or a loved one is injured or killed in a Nashville automobile accident by a drunk driver contact the experienced Nashville automobile accident attorney’s at Phillip Miller & Associates and take advantage of a free consultation so that you can get a complete picture of your rights and remedies.









