A man and a woman drinking the same amount of alcohol will have different BAC levels. The women will generally be higher. The reasons for this are complex, and have a great deal to do with a women's body chemistry.

While Proposition 19's attempt to legalize marijuana failed in California, the movement is still working to achieve that goal. The sense of the defeat is that it was more at tactical loss than a strategic one. One of the reason given for the failure was bad timing, suggesting that off-term elections, with lower voter turnout, especially among young people.

In California, DUI offenses are currently priorable if they follow a DUI violation date within the previous ten years. This ten-year period is an extremely long duration time. Years ago, DUIs were priorable for five years, then more recently, for seven years.

Each year millions of people come to California for vacation, travel and business purposes. For a number of reasons, many such visitors live it up a bit more than they might otherwise at home, and unfortunately wind up arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol, and/or drugs (DUI).

California drivers convicted of a first-time DUI offense will be required to have an ignition interlock device (IID) installed in their vehicle.

Experienced DUI attorneys understand that even the most upstanding citizens can find themselves in a situation where they might be faced with a virtually irresistible impulse to drive under the influence.

More Californians will be stopped at roadside sobriety checkpoints in 2010 than ever before.