You've been charged with drunk driving and suddenly, you become a student of DUI law. Every corner of your life may be affected. Whether driving the soccer mom van, the fire truck, renting a car for a business trip, or traveling to Canada, freedoms previously taken for granted are now in the hands of criminal courts and the Department of Licensing hearing examiners. Whatever your life was like, it changed the moment you pulled over for the blue and red lights. How completely your life will change depends on the outcome of two different cases - one civil and the other criminal. This book covers the subjects of driving under the influence, police intervention, criminal and civil charges, punishments, and the law. It also contains a thorough examination of issues within the system, including an in depth look at the history of breath testing and failings of the tools and the system when it comes to measuring alcohol and its effects in the human body. I am one of only a handful of lawyers who have been accepted into the National Academy of Forensic Scientists. I understand the complexities of criminal law, I understand the fuzzy science behind breath-testing, and I understand the motivations of all the players in the justice system. I wrote Getting to Not Guilty to share that knowledge.