Rahway, NJ asked in DUI / DWI for New Jersey

Q: If I was not driving and pulled over because of other circumstances (such as fume smells bad car) 1st offense) charge?

Iwas pulled over due to my judgement..iwas ubereaing all noise ran outta gas in Newark breathing fumes all night got family to get gas to me at 12pm n still overheated again on way back to linden pulled over because was feeling dizzy etc

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A: A dwi does not require the police to actually see you drive, it only requires you to have the ability to drive the vehicle. It's crazy but that is the law, its different from the wording of the offense and thus confuses people.

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