A driver cannot be charged with a DUI for driving while under the influence of an over-the-counter cold medication, simply because DUIs are specifically for drugs and alcohol.
A driver cannot be charged with a DUI for driving while under the influence of an over-the-counter cold medication, because DUIs are only for drugs and alcohol.
ANYTHING - that impairs your cognitive skills, including, but not necessarily limited to, alcohol. narcotics, prescription drugs and/or over-the-counter medications.
Just because you were allegedly taking legally prescribed medication has nothing to do with driving under their influence, or not. "Under the influence" is under the influence, period. Someone is just as dead from being killed by someone driving on prescribed medication as they would be if they were driving under the influence of crystal meth.
Yes. Whether or not the usage was legal doesn't change the fact you were driving under the influence of drugs.
Jeffrey Donovan was arrested in July 2009 for alleged driving under the influence, but eventually charged with reckless driving.
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Yes, if your driving is impaired due to being under the influence of alcohol, drugs, medications, herbal remedies, or any other substance, you can be charged with DUI.
Local Attorneys 360 represent customers that have actually been apprehended and charged with driving under the influence of alcohol.
Probably checking the medication herself first before dispensing it :)
This means driving under the influence of alcohol and/or driving under the influence of drugs.
In the US, depending on the state you're in you can be charged with vehicular manslaughter or vehicular homicide
He was charged with driving under the influence ( DUI) in Maine in 1976 and plead gulty.