DUI Arrest
JohnBuford
Massachusetts
Thursday, July 12, 2012 4:15 AM
Hello to all my friends at TUSCL.I hope you're doing well.I have not been out here for awhile,because it just hasn't felt right.On February 3rd. after leaving a SC I was pulled over and arrested for DUI.I will not go into painstaking detail as regards the legal proceedings,but merely tell you what this has cost me literally and otherwise.Bail bondsman:$40.Fines/fees:$[view link] year probation: $65 a month,$780.An interview with a psychologist as part of an alcohol awareness "Intake": $83.Cost for a "hardship" license:$[view link] costs thus far:$2,[view link] son is an attorney,so I did not have to have pay for that.(that law school tuition paid some dividends,but not in the way I would have liked)My car insurance renews soon and that is when the chickens will come home to [view link] premium will spike.I had a million dollar personal liability rider on my homeowner's insurance that was taken off as a result of this.I have to go to a alcohol awareness class,two hours a week for 16 weeks.I have to watch a film on brain injuries,attend two AA meetings and go to a lecture from someone from MADD.All this is separate from the 16 week class.I work in sales and for four months my mother-in-law drove me to my appointments (insert punchline here).This cost me money as well,because I simply couldn't push her too hard and lost out on sales I oterwise would have made.(My numbers are down as compared to last year) My hardship license allows me to drive from 0800-2000,so I am limited as to when I am able to drive.I've been told it will cost me another $500 to get my "full" license back in September.Whew.That was some pretty expensive Jameson huh ? This does not count the embarrassment of my grown children learning what happened and having to tell the owner of the company I work for. (He had to write a letter explaining why a hardship license was required).No lecture from me as regards the stupidity of drunk driving.I trust my words will suffice.
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