This Chicago DUI lawyer has posted here, here, and here about Driving While Texting (DWT). Now comes news of one of the first, DUI/DWT combinations.
January 15, Chicago, Il
A Des Plaines man is among the first in the state to be charged under the new no-texting-while-driving law, which took effect Jan. 1.
In Des Plaines after a police officer saw him weaving between lanes on
River Road in the northwest suburb, Des Plaines Police Chief Jim Prandini said.“Our officer pulled up next to him and saw him texting,” Prandini said. “What brought his attention was the erratic driving.”
He was also charge with felony DUI, based on his prior DUI arrests, as well as driving without insurance, and driving while suspended.
I'm curious how the police decided that the purported erratic driving was because he was DUI, not DWT?
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