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DUI Laws In Arizona Are Tough

The thresholds and punishments for first time DUI offenses are as follows (second time offenses are drastically worse):

Standard DUI: BAC over 0.08 (three drinks for most men and two drinks for most women)

Mandatory jail time of 10 days - No plea bargaining (second offense - 30 to 90 days)
Mandatory suspension of driver’s license for 90 days (second offense - one year)
Mandatory installation of ignition interlock device in car for one year (Cost: $1,000 plus $100 per month)
Court fees - $1,500 (second offense - $3,000), points, increased insurance, attorney fees, etc.

Extreme DUI: BAC over 0.15

Mandatory jail time of 30 days - No plea bargaining (second offense - 60 to 120 days)

Mandatory suspension of driver’s license for 90 days (second offense - one year)

Mandatory installation of ignition interlock device in car for one year (Cost: $1,000 plus $100 per month)

Mandatory alcohol monitoring - 30 days (second offense - 90 days plus 30 days of community service)

Mandatory vehicle impoundment - 30 days

Court fees - $2,500 (second offense - $5,000), points, increased insurance, attorney fees, etc.

Super Extreme DUI: BAC over 0.20

Mandatory jail time of 45 days - No plea bargaining (second offense - 180 days)

Mandatory suspension of driver’s license for 90 days (second offense - one year)

Mandatory installation of ignition interlock device in car for 18 to 24 months (Cost: $1,000 plus $100 per month)

Mandatory alcohol monitoring - 30 days (second offense - 90 days plus 30 days of community service)

Mandatory vehicle impoundment - 30 days

Probation - 0 to 1 year (second offense - 0 to 5 years)

Court fees - $3,000 (second offense - $6,000), points, increased insurance, attorney fees, etc.

Felony DUI - 0.08 or above but with a MINOR in the car less than 16 years old

Felony charge

Mandatory jail time of 30 days - No plea bargaining

Suspended driver’s license for three years

Ignition interlock device - Installed in car for 18 months or possible loss of car ($1,000 plus $100 per month)

Fees (up to $150,000), points, increased insurance, attorney fees, etc.

Possible probation for up to 5 years

Note: If a person under 21 is pulled over and they have had ANY alcohol (even the day before they turn 21), they would be subject to the above rules plus will lose their drivers license for a minimum of two years with no plea bargain available and it will be on their record for 7 years.

Here is the even scarier part - it does not take that much to blow an 0.08! This chart for the BAC of a person after eating food:

Is it worth the risk?

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In the words of James Dean, “The life you save may be mine.”

This entry was posted on Thursday, November 1st, 2007 at 7:59 am and is filed under Just Because. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

It’s scary to see how little is really required to hit the .08 limit. I’m going to link to this article since I see it as important information more people should know about!

November 2nd, 2007 // Valorie Bradley
Valorie - Thanks for the link. Hopefully readers will spread the news and save lives.

November 2nd, 2007 // Doug

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