Walk It Through: The Teen and the Beer
One beer at a bonfire, a stop on the way home, a breath test, and the next 24 hours.
A driver not yet old enough to drink has one beer at a bonfire and then drives home.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
A driver over 18 and under 21 after one beer. A test at 0.08 or more, which is a DUI at any age, drivers under 18, and a crash are left out.
A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.
Words this turns on
Terms with a legal meaning that is narrower than the everyday one. Each links to the definition and the authority behind it.
- Implied consentA person who drives in Alaska is considered to have consented to a chemical breath test after a lawful DUI arrest, and to a preliminary breath test at the scene.
- RefusalRefusing the chemical test after a DUI arrest is a class A misdemeanor of its own, and its sentence runs after any other.