Walk It Through: The Checkpoint After the Wedding
Two glasses of champagne, a request for a breath test, a call to a lawyer, and a blood test request.
Leaving a wedding reception, a driver who had two glasses of champagne is stopped and asked to take a breath test at the station.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
One stop after one evening, with a breath and a blood request. Field sobriety tests, a crash, and what happens at trial are not part of this walkthrough.
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.
- Driving under the influenceDriving or being in physical control of a motor vehicle with an alcohol concentration of 0.08 or more, under the influence of alcohol or another substance that impairs driving, or with a listed controlled substance in the blood.
- Implied consentA person who drives or is in physical control of a vehicle has consented to tests of blood, breath or urine when an officer has reasonable grounds to believe a DUI violation occurred.
- Hardship licenseLimited driving privileges a sentencing court may grant for work, school, medical care or treatment during a suspension for a DUI under a substance other than alcohol.
- Ignition interlock licenseThe license a person may apply for at any time after a DUI suspension, including after a refusal, to drive a vehicle fitted with an ignition interlock.