I am pulled over for running a red light and the police find that I am drunk driving if I get the running a red light ticket dismissed will the police have to drop the Drunk Driving charge.
2006-10-16 08:38:55 · 14 answers · asked by knight 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
nope that is a separate charge, you are stuck with it, and I think if you are drinking and driving they most likely will not let the running the red light go, you could have killed someone and maybe your self, you should be thankful you are alive and not facing manslaughter charges and deal with the punishment that will be given to you.
2006-10-16 08:51:16 · answer #1 · answered by NolaDawn 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no and if they do drop the running the red light which they probably won't they will nail you hard for the drunk driving, however if you prove that you really didn't run the red light and they had to proof to pull you over(you have to prove that they had no proof) then you can have both cases dismissed, however this will be very hard to do considering you were drinking so all they have to do is say that you were swerving.
2006-10-16 10:15:17 · answer #2 · answered by Katie K 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if the police had probable cause to pull you over for the red light, the fact that the red light ticket gets dismissed doesn't get rid of the DWI charge.
2006-10-16 08:42:32 · answer #3 · answered by HoyaHorns 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Nope that DWI will stick. The police has probable cause to pull you over since you disobeyed the law, the drunk driving was just a bonus for them.
2006-10-16 08:46:23 · answer #4 · answered by razzyrascal 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nope. And if running the red light caused an accident, then you aren't going to get that dismissed either.
2006-10-16 08:53:30 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
nice try, but no - they are more apt to charge you with the more serious drunk driving - that's probably why you ran the red light! Hope you've learned something from this
2006-10-16 08:48:03 · answer #6 · answered by woodlands127 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not the police that drop charges but the prosecutor and yes he can do as he pleases.
2006-10-16 11:47:05 · answer #7 · answered by Ranger473 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope.
2006-10-16 08:41:26 · answer #8 · answered by kingstubborn 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no thats a charge that will stay on your record i wont drop it
2006-10-16 09:09:46 · answer #9 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no and with they way they are cracking down on drunk drivers, they will make sure you are convicted!
2006-10-16 08:43:46 · answer #10 · answered by fatbrat64 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋