Originally posted by Montec man
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Speaking as someone who received a DWI in Wilco let me save you all some time and a lot of money in telling you you don't want to get one. Not one of my finest moments, and the best thing your buddy can do if he's guilty is just stand up and face the music. I'll run down how mine went and maybe it'll help dissuade anyone from risking it.
1. I was pulled over on the way home from the lease few years back, and yes I was drunk, no contesting it. Probably about 9pm on a Saturday night.
2. They hauled me in to the hub in G'town and I sat until the magistrate showed up on Monday morning and set bond. First offense of any kind for me, and I bonded out for 200$. 3. My BAC was .015 which is a Class A misdemeanor. In Wilco that means you're going to have to have a monitoring device in your vehicle until a judge says you don't need it anymore. You must have said device calibrated every month and it costs about $100 every time. You also pay the county $10 a month to monitor it.
4. After 90 days your DL will be suspended. You'll either have to have someone drive you around, or have your lawyer appeal to the judge to let you apply for a provisional license so you can get to work and things like that. Costs around $1500.
5. Your auto insurance is probably going to drop you. Any conpany that you can convince to cover you will not be cheap, and the county mandates you have to carry an additional SR-22 policy.
6. You will have to go to lots of DWI classes, victim impact panels, do minimum 40 hours community service, and your court appearances.
7. Don't forget to call your bondsman and check in every week.
8. If its your first offense apply for the Diversion program. Its your best choice, and upon completion they will drop the charge and you'll avoid a conviction. It took me 8 weeks I think, to complete the program. You go a couple times every week in the evenings. If you take your chances in court and get convicted, it'll be $2000 a year for three years to keep your driver's license.
They hit you hard monitarily. In all mine cost me a little over $12K, but if you figure in time away from work ect. the cost is far higher than that figure. Dang sure learned my lesson, so everything they put you through does work to keep you from ever reoffending. Sharing this with ya'll so you can see it's not worth risking.
1. I was pulled over on the way home from the lease few years back, and yes I was drunk, no contesting it. Probably about 9pm on a Saturday night.
2. They hauled me in to the hub in G'town and I sat until the magistrate showed up on Monday morning and set bond. First offense of any kind for me, and I bonded out for 200$. 3. My BAC was .015 which is a Class A misdemeanor. In Wilco that means you're going to have to have a monitoring device in your vehicle until a judge says you don't need it anymore. You must have said device calibrated every month and it costs about $100 every time. You also pay the county $10 a month to monitor it.
4. After 90 days your DL will be suspended. You'll either have to have someone drive you around, or have your lawyer appeal to the judge to let you apply for a provisional license so you can get to work and things like that. Costs around $1500.
5. Your auto insurance is probably going to drop you. Any conpany that you can convince to cover you will not be cheap, and the county mandates you have to carry an additional SR-22 policy.
6. You will have to go to lots of DWI classes, victim impact panels, do minimum 40 hours community service, and your court appearances.
7. Don't forget to call your bondsman and check in every week.
8. If its your first offense apply for the Diversion program. Its your best choice, and upon completion they will drop the charge and you'll avoid a conviction. It took me 8 weeks I think, to complete the program. You go a couple times every week in the evenings. If you take your chances in court and get convicted, it'll be $2000 a year for three years to keep your driver's license.
They hit you hard monitarily. In all mine cost me a little over $12K, but if you figure in time away from work ect. the cost is far higher than that figure. Dang sure learned my lesson, so everything they put you through does work to keep you from ever reoffending. Sharing this with ya'll so you can see it's not worth risking.
You got off easy without the Williamson County beat down... LOL
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