Thursday, June 4, 2015

Ithaca DWI lawyer: On what kind of ROAD can you get a DWI?


ON WHAT SORT OF ROADWAY 
CAN YOU GET CHARGED WITH A DWI?

This is a basic question...but it is important to know the basics of anything. 

In New York you can be charged with a DWI for driving on:

-any public road, highway, street, avenue, public place, public driveway or any other public way

-any private road or way in private ownership used for vehicular travel by the owner or with permission of owner

-a parking lot --with capacity to hold 4 or more vehicles

-a driveway used as access or egress to a public way with capacity to hold 4 or more vehicles

***NOTE:  If your driveway COULD HOLD 4 vehicles, even if it does not actually hold 4 vehicles, you could still be charged with DWI.  

-grass and medians around the highway

-any private way that provides ingress or egress to a public street (like the Cornell and Ithaca College campuses!!!)

BOTTOM LINE:

In most cases, proving driving on a road way is not difficult. Even when police officers find people drunk and asleep in their driveway, there is usually circumstantial evidence that they drove on a road while they were drunk BEFORE they fell asleep in their driveway. 

BY:  Attorney Mike Cyr 

P:  607-229-5184

Twitter:   @ithacadwi