DUI (driving under the influence) or DWI (driving while intoxicated) is a multi-billion dollar a year industry. So Who Profits From This? Whole federal and state bureaucracies are funded with your tax dollars for the sole purpose of making sure you get arrested for drunk driving, and suffer accordingly. Rampant with fines, surcharges, assessments and noble sounding gimmicks aimed to extract as much money as possible from the so-called "drunk drivers." Wages, salaries, capital improvements, retirement programs are increasingly dependent on DUI fines, with property forfeitures, and insurance surcharges that ultimately can reach several thousands of dollars. There is the real "pot of gold at the end of the rainbow."

 The Washington Times reports a first offense for driving drunk can cost an offender up to $20,000 in legal and related fees, "This doesn't even deal with the issues of losing your job if you are required to have a driver's license or a commercial driver's license."

         "A six-pack of beer might cost you a few dollars, but it might really cost you $5,000 to $20,000.” According to Bankrate.com the financial toll of a conviction will play out for years to come, and in many states that can add up to $20,000 before everything is over. The Daily Herald reports a person dropped from a top-line company to a nonstandard can see as much as an 80% percent increase in the yearly insurance cost. "  

        As MSN Money advises a fine is just the start of what you'll pay for a drunken-driving conviction. Insurance-rate increases, legal bills, alcohol treatment and more can push the cost into 5 figures by the time you pay bail, towing, insurance, legal fees, fines, alcohol evaluation, alcohol education and treatment, and license reinstatement fees. There are also the unexpected and sometimes unquantifiable costs to life-insurance-premiums, lost time, or worse lose of a job.

        An arrest on suspicion of driving under the influence in California can result in these severe penalties. These legal, financial and social impacts of a DUI can be devastating. DUI is a political and economic vortex, of which you receive little or no mercy, compassion , or understanding. 

        When the evidence "seems" overwhelming, that is when you need a DUI attorney dedicated to DUI defense in order to make sure that every possible issue and defense is explored.

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