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Your operator’s license and/or operating privileges can be revoked under the Administrative License Revocation (ALR)
Depending on the state, this law authorizes law enforcement to immediately confiscate a driver’s license as a result of a Driving Under the Influence (DUI) arrest. Drivers, who are eligible, may receive a temporary license for 30 days. Drivers who refuse the test will be revoked for a one (1) year time period. Drivers who fail the test will be revoked for 90 days - for first offense, or for one (1) year for any subsequent offense within a 12 year time period.

 


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Students encouraged to "Make the Right Choice" and to prevent drunk driving
Oahu, HI —  Attorney General Mark J. Bennett, The Hawai`i Hotel and Lodging Association and The Century Council, a national not-for-profi...
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Ralph Hingson Joins NIAAA
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) Director Ting-Kai Li, M.D., announced...
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National Drunk and Drugged Driving (3D) Prevention Month
"Last year in Illinois, 614 people were killed as a result of alcohol related crashes," said ISP Director Sam W. Nolen. "Through strict enforcement...
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Drunk Driving Terms

 


Today's Terms

Vehicular Homicide

Definition:
Vehicular homicide is the killing of another person by one’s unlawful or negligent operation of a motor vehicle.

Drunk driving penalties

Definition:
penalties the court could impose are: (1) 6 months in the county jail: (2) $1,000 fine plus up to an additional 1,950 in penalty assessments; (3) 6 months driver's license suspension; (4) Your car impounded for 30 days. Second, third and fourth offenses within 7 years are punished by increasingly more harsh penalties.

B.A.C.

Definition:
B.A.C. is an acronym for Blood Alcohol Concentration. The most definitive way to test for B.A.C. is to test blood. The most common testing method is to take samples of breath (most usually in New Jersey with a “Breathalyzer”). The alcohol in the breath is mathematically converted to a blood alcohol reading.

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Topics Related to DUI/DWI:

  • Blood Alcohol Content (BAC)
  • Breathalyzer Test
  • Failed Sobriety Test
  • Legal State BAC Limits

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West Virginia Drunk-Driving Attorney

 
If you live in the following cities and need legal help you should contact our Attorney as soon as possible:

  • Barboursville
  • Beckley
  • Bluefield
  • Bridgeport
  • Buckhannon
  • Charles Town
  • Charleston
  • Clarksburg
  • Elkins
  • Elkview
  • Fairmont
  • Grafton
  • Harpers Ferry
  • Huntington
  • Hurricane
  • Keyser
  • Logan
  • Martinsburg
  • Morgantown
  • Moundsville
  • Oak Hill
  • Parkersburg
  • Princeton
  • Saint Albans
  • Vienna
  • Weirton
  • Wellsburg
  • Wheeling
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