What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Colorado
I don't even know a sophisticated enough test exists and is available to law enforcement whereby the amount of which drug(s) and when taken can be determined days or weeks after their use. If not then this question is less of an issue, but...
I heard of someone who got in a car accident and wasn't issued a citation of any sort at the scene but was told s/he would be after the investigation was complete. Sure enough, 3 days later s/he was asked to come down to the precinct. S/he wasn't impaired at the time of the accident but had used enough of an illicit substance or 2 recently enough that it would show up on a blood test for a while after. S/he's hoping the invite is just to be handed a careless driving ticket and that's it, but wouldn't that be better handled by mail? The more s/he thinks about it, the more the fear of being ambushed upon arrival seems imminent. The only unlawful activity s/he can think of is the drug use and any way they may to tie it to the accident, but who knows?
Is this a legitimate fear or does s/he watch too much TV?
S/he feels terrible about the accident, for which she was most likely at fault. S/he also wants to be respectful of taxpayer money as well as the time of the police force and as such doesn't want to tie up more resources than necessary by showing up to the precinct with legal counsel just to be issued a traffic ticket. But if it turns out to be anything more than that, when is the time to stop answering questions and request the aforementioned legal counsel?
I don't even know a sophisticated enough test exists and is available to law enforcement whereby the amount of which drug(s) and when taken can be determined days or weeks after their use. If not then this question is less of an issue, but...
I heard of someone who got in a car accident and wasn't issued a citation of any sort at the scene but was told s/he would be after the investigation was complete. Sure enough, 3 days later s/he was asked to come down to the precinct. S/he wasn't impaired at the time of the accident but had used enough of an illicit substance or 2 recently enough that it would show up on a blood test for a while after. S/he's hoping the invite is just to be handed a careless driving ticket and that's it, but wouldn't that be better handled by mail? The more s/he thinks about it, the more the fear of being ambushed upon arrival seems imminent. The only unlawful activity s/he can think of is the drug use and any way they may to tie it to the accident, but who knows?
Is this a legitimate fear or does s/he watch too much TV?
S/he feels terrible about the accident, for which she was most likely at fault. S/he also wants to be respectful of taxpayer money as well as the time of the police force and as such doesn't want to tie up more resources than necessary by showing up to the precinct with legal counsel just to be issued a traffic ticket. But if it turns out to be anything more than that, when is the time to stop answering questions and request the aforementioned legal counsel?
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