On January 1st, 2010, O.C.G.A. Sec. 40-6-189, hits the law books commonly known as the Super Speeder law. The Super Speeder law provides that drivers who are convicted of driving 75 miles per hour or greater on a two lane road or 85 mph or greater on any other road are classified as Super Speeders. Super Speeders will be notified of their status by the Georgia Department of Driver Services within 30 days of their conviction and asked to pay an additional $200.00 fine. The notice is mailed to the address on their driver's license. If they do not pay the fine within 90 day from receipt of the notice at their license address, whether they actually live there or not, will have their license suspended. The law that passed this code section also provides for additional fees for repeat DUI offender in Georgia raising the cost of license reinstatement from $210.00 to $520.00 and $620.00.
Homeland Security’s Immigration Control and Enforcement began a
three day sting on Friday Jan 13th, 2007, arresting those with pending
DUI charges and DUI convictions who are not citizens in an operation
titled Safe Streets. Ordinarily illegal immigrants are only subject to
deportation for serious felonies or offenses which include at least a
12 month jail sentence. Because probation sentences were being
considered “jail sentences” lawyers were attempting to get around this
by having clients plea to 11 month 29 day probation sentences. This
seems to put that technique on ICE. A warning to all illegal immigrants
who now must take their cases to a jury to hope to avoid deportation.
It will be interesting to see if this operation spreads beyond North
Carolina.
The question is why police spying in bars do not take drunken patrons keys before they get into their vehicles rather than wait til they drive to arrest them for DUI? Is this risk reduction or revenue raising? This targeting of bars could put otherwise law abiding businesses out of business. Drinking and driving is not a crime. It is only a crime if you are less safe to drive because of alcohol. Will the government stop at the bar? Maybe people that pay with cash should be audited to see if they are paying taxes? Where do you draw the line?
To obtain legal advice, please call (770) 961-5511 or email George C. Creal, Jr., P.C. at firm@georgialawyer.com. George C. Creal, Jr., P.C. is a law firm representing those charged with DUI or driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. We have been representing DUI Defendants for ten years in the City of Atlanta, Acworth, Alpharetta, Athens, Austell, Avondale Estates, Ball Ground, Barnesville, Big Canoe, Calhoun, Canton, Carnesville, Carrollton, Cedartown, Chatsworth, Chattahooche Hills, Clarkston, College Park, Commerce, Conyers, Covington, Dahlonega, Dallas, Decatur, Doraville, Douglasville, Duluth, Dunwoody, East Point, Fairburn, Forest Park, Forsyth, Fort McPherson, Fort Gillem, Gainesville, Grayson, Griffin, Hampton, Hapeville, Helen, Holly Springs, Johns Creek, Jonesboro, Kennesaw, LaGrange, Lake City, Lawrenceville, Locust Grove, Loganville, Lovejoy, Marietta, McDonough, Morrow, Newnan, Norcross, Palmetto, Peachtree City, Powder Springs, Roswell, Sandy Springs, Senoia, Smyrna, Stockbridge, Stone Mountain, Suwanee, Thomaston, Tucker, Union City, Villa Rica, Winder, Woodstock, and Zebulon and their surrounding counties including Fulton, Clayton, DeKalb, Henry, Fayette, Rockdale, Gwinnett, Cherokee, Forsyth, Coweta, Cobb, Douglas and Spalding. We also represent Defendants upon request outside of the Atlanta area throughout the State of Georgia.
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On January 1st, 2010, O.C.G.A. Sec. 40-6-189, hits the law books commonly known as the Super Speeder law. The Super Speeder law provides that drivers who are convicted of driving 75 miles per hour or greater on a two lane road or 85 mph or greater on any other road are classified as Super Speeders. Super Speeders will be notified of their status by the Georgia Department of Driver Services within 30 days of their conviction and asked to pay an additional $200.00 fine. The notice is mailed to the address on their driver's license. If they do not pay the fine within 90 day from receipt of the notice at their license address, whether they actually live there or not, will have their license suspended. The law that passed this code section also provides for additional fees for repeat DUI offender in Georgia raising the cost of license reinstatement from $210.00 to $520.00 and $620.00.