Walk It Through: The New Driver
Under twenty-one, the helmet, the phone, and a suspension that is not over yet.
A college sophomore, not yet of drinking age, has one beer at a cookout and plans to drive home.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
A young driver's month. Beginner's permits, curfews, points and insurance rates, and the suspension's own length are not worked through here.
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.
- Materially and appreciably impairedThe degree to which a person's faculties to drive must be impaired by alcohol, other drugs or both for driving to be the offense of driving under the influence.
- Route restricted licenseA license a person convicted of a first or second offense of driving under suspension, who works or is in college, may apply for, to drive only to and from work or school and in the course of them.
- Mobile electronic deviceA cellular telephone, portable computer, GPS receiver, electronic game or similar device used to communicate, display or record digital content, which a driver may not hold or support while driving on a public highway.