What is an Ignition Interlock Device? An ignition interlock device is a gadget, a little bit larger than a cell phone, that is wired to your car’s ignition. Individuals are required to blow into the device before starting the engine. Some feature a “rolling challenge” which means that the operator must provide a near ethanol…
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Important Lesson for Teachers
A DUI Can Mean Losing Your Teaching Job A drunk driving charge can be a disaster for a school teacher who is convicted. The teacher may face immediate termination, non-renewal of contracts or loss of teacher certification. Teaching jobs can be lost after a DUI conviction for even a FIRST offense. Even an arrest for…
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15 DUI Penalties
Here are some of the many penalties and consequences you may face if convicted of a DUI. Some are obvious and some you may not have thought of. 1. Driver’s License suspension – length varies. If you are caught driving on a suspended license, you will face a new criminal case with mandatory jail time…
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Motorists Forced to Submit to to “Voluntary” Federal Study
How would you feel if you were randomly stopped and intimidated by the police into providing an oral swab even though you had committed no crime at? This type of abuse of power couldn’t happen in our free country could it? Welcome to Police State of Pennsylvania. Just last week a private firm conducting a…
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Money is Important, but Justice is Priceless.
The following was an editorial that was printed on the front page of The Paxton Herald. Money is Important, but Justice is Priceless. By Justin J. McShane, JD, F-AIC I dream of a time when there are no drunk drivers on the road. Drunk driving costs lives and ruins families. It is…
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Police DUI Training Gets Worse
What is this world coming to? Seriously. Life mimics commercials like the one below: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) developed a curriculum to train law enforcement on how to detect impaired driving. One of these programs, Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving Enforcement (ARIDE), is now being offered as an online training. The goal of…
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DUI Checkpoint Nets 1 Arrest
A recent DUI checkpoint in Franklin County netted a grand total of one single arrest. In total, 138 drivers were stopped. That results in a less than 1% success rate. Add to that the fact that checkpoints are much more expensive to operate than normal patrols. The shame of it all is that static DUI…
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The McShane Firm Video Library
Today we are proud to announce the release of our new video library. This is a collection of our presentations, lectures and video blogs that we are releasing for the benefit of citizens accused of DUI as well as lawyers who want to learn more about how to better defend a DUI case. There are…
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DUI Checkpoints This Weekend
Summertime DUI enforcement continues. Montgomery County The Montgomery Township Regional DUI Enforcement Team will conduct Sobriety Checkpoint Operations and Roving DUI Patrols on Friday through Sunday. Sobriety Checkpoints are conducted on State Routes 309, 202, 2202, 463, 63, 313, 113, 611, Upper State Road and County Line Road. We also encourage you to read: 5…
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Pennsylvania DUI Checkpoints this Weekend
As we get closer to the 4th of July, you will see more and more checkpoints on the roads of PA. Here are some of the checkpoints we have learned about so far: Montgomery County The Montgomery Township Regional DUI Enforcement Team will conduct Sobriety Checkpoint Operations and Roving DUI Patrols on Fridaythrough Sunday. The…
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