Driver License Revoked
What will happen to you if you're pulled over for campus drinking? Most states have "per se laws" that say it's a crime to drive with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) at or above a certain level. Typically, your driver license being revoked follows a conviction for drunk driving. Besides, some states impose an administrative license suspension, where licenses are taken before conviction when a driver fails or refuses to take a chemical test.
During post conviction, most states let offenders to drive only if their vehicles have been equipped with ignition interlocks, which analyze a driver's breath and disable the ignition if alcohol is detected. Plus, many states force multiple offenders to lose the vehicles they were driving while impaired by alcohol and possibly their driver license revoked.
When a driver is arrested the officer is needed to give him a choice of a breath or blood test. If (1) a breath test suggests higher than your state's given percentage of blood-alcohol or more, or (2) a blood (or, if neither breath nor blood are available, urine) is taken for later analysis, or (3) the person refuses to send to chemical testing, his driver's license is right away confiscated (revoked) by the police (unless it is an out-of-state license) and he is sent a pink sheet of paper. This paper serves as (1) a formal notice of immediate driver's license suspended, (2) a temporary license valid for 30 days and (3) a technical explanation of the laws and procedures involved.
IF you believe your driver license is in jeopardy of being revoked, please Call Toll Free at 1.888.DUI.EXPUNGE.
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