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Implied Consent Laws
You may remember back in driving school when your instructor told you that
by signing your driver's license you agreed to abide by the terms and conditions
the State places on the "privilege" of having a license. Even if those terms
and conditions did not exist at the time of signing your license you are still bound.
Driving under the terms and conditions of the license under authority of the
issuing State is considered Implied Consent. By accepting the license and
the privilege to operate a vehicle on your State's public roadways, you consent
to abide by the rules of accepting a breath, blood or urine test request of
a law enforcement officer if he has a reasonable basis to make such a request.
The length of that suspension is often a minimum of 6 months for a first offender
who submits to a breath test and registers .08 blood alcohol or more, and often
as high as 12 months for those first offenders who refuse the breath test.
Most of all, drivers should be aware that the Implied Consent Law has little
to do with the criminal offense of DUI or DWI. Implied Consent matters, for
example - whether a driver takes the breath, blood or urine test - are purely
civil in nature. Therefore, it is possible that a driver could win his DUI
or DWI case and still have to serve out the license suspension for having scored
above the limit or having refused testing.
Your local DUI attorney is skilled in explaining the differences listed herein
and, also, in addressing whether your suspension can be challenged in the first
place. It is important to retain a local DUI attorney who is highly experienced
in DUI law. In addition, your attorney must be familiar with the county in
which you are charged.
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