I was just wondering, if you are over the legal limit?
2006-12-23 02:56:32 · 22 answers · asked by stillcole 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Safety
yess, well
obviously your going to get a ticket er something cuz you were intoxicated while driving=illegal
so, yes
you are at fault
2006-12-23 02:58:31 · answer #1 · answered by Britt 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Most likely you will get a DUI. The fact that the accident was caused by someone else is one issue. The second issue is that you were driving a car at or over the legal limit (.08) or while impaired. Here in Arizona, if you can be proven to have been driving while impaired by alcohol, drugs, etc, you will get charged with a DUI.
Don't do it!
2006-12-23 13:33:58 · answer #2 · answered by merigold00 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's pretty easy for the insurance companies to blame the accident on the drunk driver. I wouldn't want to be in that position!
In the UK, under that theory that you should not have been there driving drunk, you will be held accountable for the accident. I had a troop that was just over the limit in the UK who was hit in the rear at a stop light. Had he been sober, he would have been home free. However, he was held 90% responsible for the accident since he was driving drunk and should not have been there in the first place.
And as he was drunk, his insurance was void so he had to pay the costs of repairing both vehicles out of pocket -- all of his car and 90% of the other driver's.
2006-12-23 11:04:08 · answer #3 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Generally speaking if you've been drinking you are at fault no matter who caused the accident. That is the position most law enforcement officers take. It is extremely difficult to prove that the incident would not have happened if you were 100% sober.
2006-12-23 20:05:19 · answer #4 · answered by pilot 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you are over the legal limit then the police would probably see you as part of the problem as you would be the 1 involved in the accident.now it all comes down to whether you have got a decent clean liscence or known to the police for that sorta thing.if the incident was serious then obviously with a good liscence they may be easier on you but if you were a bit naughty and lots of points plus lots of bans where in your possesion then they may hit you a bit harder.so be good dnt drink and drive
2006-12-23 11:03:50 · answer #5 · answered by joanne l 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I do not know about all states but in Oregon if you are over the legal limit you can be held liable even if the accident was not your fault. You should not have been behind the wheel is their justification.
2006-12-23 11:06:02 · answer #6 · answered by annorra 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Not likely, but you will, however get the ticket for DWI, and that doesn't look good on the insurance. Couple with that that in most states you can be still held liable for damages, your insurance wouldn't like that one bit. The lesson here: Don't drink and drive. I mean, really... call a cab or get a SOBER friend to drive you home.
2006-12-23 11:06:11 · answer #7 · answered by Vince 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the police officer suspected you were drunk and gave you a sobriety test and you blew over the legal limit yes you are. The court will reason that you shouldn't have been driving while drunk in the first place.
2006-12-25 22:55:16 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You won't be at fault for the accident, but you will get cited and taken to jail for DUI
2006-12-25 00:16:23 · answer #9 · answered by carl_weathersby 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You will be assessed with part of the blame due to drinking and driving as well as a ticket for the same.
2006-12-23 11:36:26 · answer #10 · answered by egotist61 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Then you will go to jail for DUI but the accident will be paid by the other driver
2006-12-23 13:36:58 · answer #11 · answered by pay2368 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋