If you drive in New Hampshire, whether or not you are licensed to drive by the state of New Hampshire, you have agreed that you will willingly comply with alcohol concentration tests, whether the request is for breath, blood or urine testing.

There are certain behaviors that officers look for when they study people driving that give clues about whether or not the driver is impaired. Driving with your face too close to the windshield, staring forward or putting your head out the window, will raise concern with police.

In a clear case of domestic violence in New Hampshire last year, a man strangled his wife, rendering her almost unconscious. She went to the hospital and her husband went to jail.

If you are arrested, you must do everything you can to protect your rights. Any attempt you make to explain the situation, and anything you do that can later become part of the testimony used to convict you, will only make your case more difficult to defend. The United States Constitution guarantees you the right to be free from self-incrimination. That is why, when the police officer arrests you, they tell you that you have the right to remain silent. Exercise that right!

If a police officer directs you to pull over by either activating his emergency lights or motioning to you, you must follow his directions. However, if an officer is simply following you, you do not have to pull over. It is not against the law to share road space with a police car.

To be charged with aggravated DWI, you must be traveling more than 30 miles per hour faster than the posted speed limit, cause an accident resulting in bodily injury, attempt to elude police, have a BAC of greater than 0.16, or have a minor under the age of 16 in the vehicle with you.

If you are charged with drunk driving in the state of New Hampshire, you are being accused of driving or attempting to drive a motorized vehicle (or boat) while under the influence of alcohol. In New Hampshire, this is referred to as DWI (driving while intoxicated). While there are legal limits regarding alcohol concentration levels, New Hampshire courts have found that “impairment to any degree” is cause for arrest.

If an offending party’s insurance company rejected your attorney’s final offer, he may suggest that you file a lawsuit.

Have you ever wondered how common embezzlement is? Just look at some recent New Hampshire headlines.

If you break your arm because you’ve been hit by another vehicle, or are bitten by a dog at someone’s house, you have sustained two types of personal injury.

The New Hampshire Department of Safety recently asked the State Legislature to drop a requirement for DUI/DWI suspects. As it currently stands, New Hampshire law requires all suspects in DWI arrests the opportunity to receive an independent sample of their breath test in addition to the sample taken by law enforcement. With this individual sample, suspects can obtain their individual lab results and offer them as evidence in court.

New Hampshire saw only seven workplace deaths in 2008 — half as many as in 2007, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

If you’ve been anywhere near a television recently, you’ve probably seen news covering the reveal of Charla Nash, the woman who was brutally attacked by her employer’s 14 year-old chimpanzee, Travis, in February of 2009. According to reports, Nash went to visit her employer, Sandra Herold, when Herold called to ask for her help in containing Travis.

Six years ago 18 year-old Brandon Patch died when he was hit by a baseball while playing in an American League baseball game in Montana. After years of legal battles, the jury finally awarded the family $850,000 in damages. The defendant: Hillerich & Bradsby, the makers of the the Louisville Slugger baseball bat.

As a result of seventeen state job cuts in Laconia, some DWI offenders will be spending more time in jail than their judge required.

You’re driving along Route 101 when suddenly the car in front of you veers sharply off the road and flips over. The driver is trapped. You want to help, but ironically find yourself paralyzed with fear. What if you wind up doing more harm than good? What if the driver or his family decides to sue you?

The Seacoast Online continues to cover the ongoing debate about the Constitutionality of DWI checkpoints. On one side is the protection of the Fourth Amendment; on the other side is the role of law enforcement to ensure the protection of its citizens.

In Texas, DWI enforcement just got a little bit tougher.

Over the last year more and more studies have shown that texting while driving can be extremely dangerous. The visual distractions of text messaging can cause reckless driving and governments are now issuing new laws to target this problem.

The legality of DWI checkpoints has come into question in a number of recent New Hampshire cases.

College students drink. Each year the Top 10 Party Universities list is released, and parents groan at the thought of their child drinking and getting behind the wheel. Fortunately, many universities have campus-sponsored transportation systems to decrease the likelihood of students driving while intoxicated.

If you’ve had too much to drink, you should not drive. Unfortunately, many people do anyway, thinking they will be stranded if they don’t take matters into their own hands. But in today’s increasingly connected world, there should never be an excuse to drink and drive.

If you refuse to submit to physical tests, the officer will take your license, inform you of your Miranda rights and begin booking you. Under Miranda, you do not have to answer questions that may incriminate you, but the officer will require some information such as your height, weight, and eye color.

One question I am often asked is whether to submit to Field Sobriety tests and breathalyzer tests. My answer depends on the situation.

An art student in Denton, TX has started a Twitter account for the Denton Police. The stated aim of the project is to examine how much public information we put online.