Drinking and driving under the influence
Blood Alcohol Content Defenses
When you consume alcoholic drinks, the alcohol is absorbed into your blood stream. The level of alcohol in your blood, called the Blood Alcohol Content ("BAC") can be measured by different tests. In all states, you're presumed to be drunk and unable to safely operate a vehicle if your BAC is .08 or greater. This measurement means that your blood contains eight/ one-hundredths percent of alcohol.
All states have lowered the BAC level defining intoxication to .08, and have "zero tolerance" laws that make it illegal for people under 21 to operate a vehicle with little or no amount of alcohol in their blood.
Many states also have more severe DWI or DUI penalties for driving with a high BAC, which is often defined as a level measuring more than .15 to .20.
Your BAC can be determined from a blood draw, which is often automatically taken if you are involved in an accident and there is a suspicion that you may have been drinking. Your blood will also be drawn if you are taken to the hospital because the police are concerned that you may have had so much to drink that you are in danger of alcohol poisoning and should be hospitalized for observation and/or treatment.
Blood Alcohol Content Defenses
When you consume alcoholic drinks, the alcohol is absorbed into your blood stream. The level of alcohol in your blood, called the Blood Alcohol Content ("BAC") can be measured by different tests. In all states, you're presumed to be drunk and unable to safely operate a vehicle if your BAC is .08 or greater. This measurement means that your blood contains eight/ one-hundredths percent of alcohol.
All states have lowered the BAC level defining intoxication to .08, and have "zero tolerance" laws that make it illegal for people under 21 to operate a vehicle with little or no amount of alcohol in their blood.
Many states also have more severe DWI or DUI penalties for driving with a high BAC, which is often defined as a level measuring more than .15 to .20.
Your BAC can be determined from a blood draw, which is often automatically taken if you are involved in an accident and there is a suspicion that you may have been drinking. Your blood will also be drawn if you are taken to the hospital because the police are concerned that you may have had so much to drink that you are in danger of alcohol poisoning and should be hospitalized for observation and/or treatment.
Drinking and driving under the influence
All states impose penalties that include some or all of the following:
Fines, increasing with subsequent offenses
Screening for substance abuse
Community service
Suspension of driver's license, increasing with each offense
Point charges against the defendant's license up through revocation of the license for a predetermined period of time
Felony conviction with jail or prison time for a third or subsequent conviction.
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