Walk It Through: The Young Driver and the Keys
One beer at nineteen, a test, a provisional license suspended, and a hearing that comes at eighteen.
A licensed driver under 21 had one beer at a party and plans to drive home.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
A driver between 18 and 21 with no earlier record. The intermediate license rules for drivers under 18 are on the permit page.
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 consentThe duty of a person the police have probable cause to believe operated under the influence to submit to and complete a test of blood, breath or urine.
- Juvenile provisional licenseA license issued to someone under 21, provisional for 2 years from issue or until the holder turns 21, whichever comes last, with the condition of no alcohol at all while driving.
- OUIOperating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicants, or with an alcohol level of 0.08 grams or more. A first offense is a Class D crime.