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California AB 1353 Alcohol Class for Out of State DUI

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If you received a DUI in the State of California and live in another state you might be required to take an Alcohol Education Class as part of your sentence.  Please get court approval before enrolling. Tom Wilson Counseling Center offers several options for those who got a DUI (Driving Under the Influence) offense in the State of California but are not a resident of California .  All classes are online and available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.  You can work on your class on your time and at your convenience from any location with an internet connection. AB 1353 Alcohol Program / 60 Hour Online DUI Class: $1125.00 Basic computer and internet skills, with a knowledge of how to use a browser required to complete the class. Classes are best viewed on PCs with latest versions of Internet Explorer , Mozilla Firefox , Google Chrome , Apple Safari and Opera , but can also be viewed and completed using Smart Devices.  Many of...

Choosing the Correct Online DUI Class for California

Avoid Costly Mistakes when Enrolling in an Online DUI, Alcohol or Drug Class     © 2012 Thomas Wilson Internationally Certified Substance Abuse Prevention Specialist  If you have received a citation for a DUI, minor in possession or consumption of alcohol, then enrolling in an online DUI or alcohol awareness class will be part of your obligations to the court. This is usually required by the court before the court releases you from supervision. However, a simple mistake such as choosing the wrong class or choosing the wrong online program provider could get you into even more trouble with the court.   If you want to resolve your case quickly, avoid these common mistakes. Mistake # 1: Enrolling in a class from a provider that does not have the proper credentials or is not accredited.    Alcohol awareness classes are taught by professionals who are certified or licensed in alcohol or drug education or counseling.   If you are unsure...

Teen Alcohol Use in California

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Study shows teen drinking highest in Laguna and Santa Ana Excerpt from The Orange County Register article by Courtney Perkes presents a study about the high percentages of teens that experiment with alcohol compared to their peers in other counties and cities in California. Orange County is an overall healthy place to live, but a new report examining everything from teen drinking rates to park space shows that some cities are faring significantly worse. For instance, Orange County teens experiment less with alcohol than their peers statewide. But students living in Laguna Beach and Santa Ana exceed the state average by 7 percentage points. TEEN DRINKING In most segments, the less affluent and less educated parts of the county fared the worst for health indicators, such as adults with health insurance and access to healthy food. An exception is smoking and drinking rates among teens. Teen drinkers, the report says, are at greater risk of alcoholism as adults, as w...

California DUI Arrests Declining but Courts Still Require DUI Classes

"California DUI Arrests are Declining," DMV Tells State Legislators In May, 2012 the California DMV presented it's annual report of the DUI MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM to the California State Legislature. This report presents information on DUI arrests, convictions, court sanctions, administrative actions and alcohol-involved crashes from 2009 to 2010. In addition, the report examined repeat arrests by first and second DUI offenders over a period of twenty years. Here are some of the highlights of this report. *Note: DUI offenders with out of state zip codes were excluded from all studies. However, most out of state DUI offenders were required to attend an online version of the 3 month, 6 month, 9 month and 18 month drinking driver DUI offender programs required by California statute.      HIGHLIGHTS OF YEAR 2012 CALIFORNIA DUI-MIS REPORT ♦ Alcohol-involved crash fatalities decreased by 15.1% in 2010, the biggest decline since ...

California DUI

When You Can’t Get a License Outside of California Because California Suspended Your License This article was Published at HubPages.com by CA Esq.in Cajon, CA. Click here to read the original on HubPages "I get many calls from people who get DUI’s in California, and get their California driver’s license suspended, but then move out of California to another state. Then they find out that state won’t give them a license because of the California suspension. If you’re in this situation, read on to learn what you can do to get that other state to give you a license. Let’s say you were convicted of a first-time DUI in California and your license was suspended. In order to get rid of the suspension, the DMV requires you to complete a three month alcohol class. The CA DMV will not, ever, accept completion of an alcohol class from another state. The class must be taken in CA. It doesn't matter that the court will accept an out of state program to satisfy its term of probation...

DUI in California?

Drivers who got a DUI in California, but live out of state face a dilemma. How do they fulfill their obligation to the California court, and still be able to return to their home state. Fortunately,  Tom Wilson Counseling Center  has a solution. Clients seeking help have been referred by many California law firms whose clients we have helped, such as the Shouse Law Group  . Sometimes the defendant is directly given our name by the California Courts such as  Los Angeles Superior Court.  The first concern is complying with the California court requirements to complete a 3 month, 6 month, 9 month or 18 month DUI program. This become part of their court order. After working with most of the courts in California for several years, our California Online DUI Classes for Out of State Offenders have become the accepted  program to help resolve out of state offender court obligations. Every court requires proo...

SB 38 Alcohol Program

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If you received a DUI in the State of California and live in another state you might be required to take an Alcohol Education Class as part of your sentence.  Please get court approval before enrolling. Tom Wilson Counseling Center offers several options for those who got a DUI (Driving Under the Influence) offense in the State of California but are not a resident of California .  All classes are online and available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.  You can work on your class on your time and at your convenience from any location with an internet connection. SB 38 Alcohol Program / 78 Hr Online DUI Class: $1463.00 Basic computer and internet skills, with a knowledge of how to use a browser required to complete the class. Classes are best viewed on PCs with latest versions of Internet Explorer , Mozilla Firefox , Google Chrome , Apple Safari and Opera , but can also be viewed and completed using Smart Devices.  Many of our students hav...