After the incident this past weekend when Reese Witherspoon’s husband, Jim Toth, was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol in Atlanta, we thought it would be wise to give some helpful hints on what to do and not to do if you are pulled over. Apparently, the officer noticed that the car was being driven erratically and when Toth was pulled over, it was reported that he had droopy bloodshot eyes and his breath smelled of alcohol. The officer asked him to perform a field sobriety test after he admitted to having a drink at a restaurant two hours earlier. Witherspoon responded by getting out of the car twice and when she was asked to get back in, she leaned out the window and told the officer that she didn’t believe he was a real police officer. Then Mrs. Witherspoon got testy and asked the officer if he knew who she was and told him that he was going to be on national news. The officer was uninterested in her celebrity persona and proceeded to take both Toth and Witherspoon to jail.
The moral of the story is that if you are pulled over for a DUI, or are a passenger in the car, do not get out of your car unless the police officer asks you to! You do not need to respond to the officer and tell him how much alcohol you have consumed. And, you definitely should not provoke him with disrespectful behavior. You have the ability to refrain from answering all questions because of your 5th Amendment right. This amendment protects you from self-incrimination, which is helpful when you go to trial because the officer can’t later testify that you were slurring your words or making aggressive comments.
If you have been arrested for a DUI and need to take a drinking and driving education course as part of your retribution, consider taking your class online! You’ve already gone through the embarrassment and hassle of spending time in jail, missing work for court dates, coming up with the money to pay off the fines and lawyer fees, and spent your weekends doing community service work. Now it’s time to implement a tool that is available from the comfort of your own home. Depending on the severity of the offense, the judge will generally order an 8, 12, 16, 20 or 24-hour, level 3 DUI drug and alcohol awareness class. When you receive the sentence, either you or your attorney can ask the judge for permission to take the course online.
Online DUI classes are the most convenient and private way to go. High profile celebrities like them because they can avoid going into a crowded, public classroom full of DUI offenders. Online classes allow you to fulfill this requirement without the whole town or world watching you enter and exit a traditional classroom. Instead, once you enroll online, the entire course becomes available on your computer screen. The participant simply scrolls through and reads the educational material. At the end of class a multiple choice final exam is issued. With a 70% or better, a Certificate of Completion is sent to you. This is the documentation that the court needs to see to prove you accomplished this portion of the court mandate.
Stay low profile with an Online DUI course while learning the most recent research and skills to stop you from ever drinking and driving again!
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