{"id":1096,"date":"2022-11-10T17:30:39","date_gmt":"2022-11-10T22:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fanneylaw.com\/blog\/?p=1096"},"modified":"2022-11-10T17:57:16","modified_gmt":"2022-11-10T22:57:16","slug":"accused-of-drunk-driving-stop-talking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fanneylaw.com\/blog\/accused-of-drunk-driving-stop-talking\/","title":{"rendered":"Accused of Drunk Driving? STOP TALKING"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;ve been accused of drunk driving, the most important thing you can do is to STOP TALKING.<\/p>\n<p>Politely decline to answer questions and do not agree to submit to <em>field sobriety tests<\/em>. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1061 alignright lazyload\" src=\"\/jshared\/img\/icons\/spinner.svg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.fanneylaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/When-should-you-hire-a-DWI-lawyer-in-Raleigh-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"When should you hire a DWI lawyer in Raleigh?\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fanneylaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/When-should-you-hire-a-DWI-lawyer-in-Raleigh-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fanneylaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/When-should-you-hire-a-DWI-lawyer-in-Raleigh-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.fanneylaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/When-should-you-hire-a-DWI-lawyer-in-Raleigh-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.fanneylaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/When-should-you-hire-a-DWI-lawyer-in-Raleigh.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This includes answering any questions they have about your drinking or driving, where you were coming from, where you were going, or anything else.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fanneylaw.com\/blog\/accused-of-drunk-driving-stop-talking\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Accused of Drunk Driving? 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