Drivers Ed: Level 1 - Chapter 6 (Drive Responsibly)

Administrative License Revocation

- Describes the process when Texas suspends a driver license due to someone not giving consent to an alcohol test or giving consent (and then failing an alcohol test).

No Refusal

- During some busy weekends, some counties will hold a "No Refusal" period. That means if you refuse to take the breathalyzer test, they will rush you off to a station where a county judge will be waiting. There they will force you to take an uncomfortable blood alcohol test.

Laws and Punishments: Minor - DWI With Passenger Under 15

- Fine = $0 to $10,000 - Confinement = 180 days to 2 years - License Suspension = varies by 1st, 2nd, and 3rd offense

Laws and Punishments: Adults - DWI with a passenger under 15

- Fine = $0 to $10,000 - Confinement = 180 days to 2 years in jail - License Suspension = varies by 1st, 2nd, and 3rd offense

Laws and Punishments: Adults - DWI 3rd Offense and Every Offense After

- Fine = $0 to $10,000 - Confinement = 2 to 10 years in penitentiary - License Suspension = 180 days to 2 years

Laws and Punishments: Minor - DWI 3rd Offense and Every Offense After

- Fine = $0 to $10,000 - Confinement = 2 to 10 years in penitentiary - License Suspension = 180 days to 2 years

Laws and Punishments: Adults - Intoxication Manslaughter

- Fine = $0 to $10,000 - Confinement = 2 to 20 years in penitentiary - License Suspension = 180 days to 2 years

Laws and Punishments: Minor - Intoxication Manslaughter

- Fine = $0 to $10,000 - Confinement = 2 to 20 years in penitentiary - License Suspension = 180 days to 2 years

Laws and Punishments: Adults - Intoxication Assault

- Fine = $0 to $10,000 - Confinement = 2 to 20 years in penitentiary - License Suspension = 90 days to 2 years (court may probate jail sentence and waive driver license suspension on 1st offense)

Laws and Punishments: Minor - Intoxication Assault

- Fine = $0 to $10,000 - Confinement = 2 to 20 years in penitentiary - License Suspension = 90 days to 2 years (court may probate jail sentence and waive driver license suspension on first offense)

Laws and Punishments: Minor - DWI 1st Offense

- Fine = $0 to $2,000 - Confinement = 72 hours to 180 days in jail - License Suspension = 90 days to 1 year

Laws and Punishments: Adults - DWI 1st Offense

- Fine = $0 to $2,000 - Confinement = 72 hours to 180 days in jail - License Suspension = 90 days to 1 year

Laws and Punishments: Adults - DWI 2nd Offense

- Fine = $0 to $4,000 - Confinement = 30 days to 1 year in jail - License Suspension = 180 days to 2 years

Laws and Punishments: Minor - DWI 2nd Offense

- Fine = $0 to $4,000 - Confinement = 30 days to 1 year in jail - License Suspension = 180 days to 2 years

Laws and Punishments: Minor - DUI 2nd Offense

- Fine = $0 to $500 - License Suspension = 120 days (if no license, privilege to get one will be denied for 120 days) - Community Service = 40 to 60 hours - Alcohol Awareness Course = may be required

Laws and Punishments: Minor - DUI 3rd Offense and Every Offense After (Under 17 Years Of Age)

- Fine = $0 to $500 - License Suspension = 180 days (if no license, privilege to get one will be denied for 180 days) - Community Service = 40 to 60 hours - Alcohol Awareness Course = may be required The case can be transferred to Juvenile Court as delinquent conduct

Laws and Punishments: Minor - Zero-Tolerance Consequences 1st Offense

- Fine = $0 to $500 - License Suspension = 30 days (if no license, privilege to get one will be denied for 30 days) - Community Service = 8 to 12 hours - Alcohol Awareness Course = required

Laws and Punishments: Minor - Zero-Tolerance Consequences 2nd Offense

- Fine = $0 to $500 - License Suspension = 60 days (if no license, privilege to get one will be denied for 60 days) - Community Service = 20 to 40 hours - Alcohol Awareness Course = may be required

Laws and Punishments: Minor - Zero-Tolerance Consequences 3rd Offense (under 17)

- Fine = $0 to $500 - License Suspension = 60 days (if no license, privilege to get one will be denied for 60 days) - Community Service = 20 to 40 hours - Alcohol Awareness Course = may be required Case can be transferred to Juvenile Court

Laws and Punishments: Minor - DUI 1st Offense

- Fine = $0 to $500 - License Suspension = 60 days (if no license, privilege to get one will be denied for 60 days) - Community Service = 20 to 40 hours - Alcohol Awareness Course = required (if under 18, a parent may also have to go)

Laws and Punishments: Minor - Zero-Tolerance Consequences 3rd Offense (17 to 21)

- Fine = $250 to $2,000 - Confinement = can not exceed 180 days - License Suspension = 180 days (if no license, privilege to get one will be denied for 180 days) - Community Service = 20 to 40 hours - Alcohol Awareness Course = may be required Minors are not eligible for deferred disposition on the 3rd conviction and every conviction after

Laws and Punishments: Minor - DUI 3rd Offense and Every Offense After (17 to 21 Years of Age)

- Fine = $500 to $2,000 - Confinement = possible confinement for no more than 180 days - License Suspension = 180 days (if no license, privilege to get one will be denied for 180 days) - Community Service = 40 to 60 hours - Alcohol Awareness Course = may be required

Minor in Possession

- If a minor purchases, attempts to purchase, or fraudulently attempts to get alcohol through lying and/or false documents, - Fine = $0 to $500 - License Suspension = a minimum of 30 days - Community Service = 8 to 12 hours - Alcohol Awareness Course = required

Consumption Law

- The Consumption Law states that if a police officer sees you consuming any alcohol while driving in a public place, you are committing a Class C misdemeanor and violating Penal Code 49.031.

Open Container Enhancement

- The Open Container law says that even if you are not drinking alcohol, if a law enforcement officer finds open alcohol in the passenger area of your car on a public highway (whether you are driving it or it's parked on the side of the road), you face up to a $500 fine. - There's an Open Container Enhancement Law increasing confinement an additional 3-6 days if you are also convicted of a DUI.

Legal Limit

- You are considered legally intoxicated in Texas if you have a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of 0.08 or more. - However, as a minor there's ZERO tolerance.

Laws and Punishments: Minor - DUI and DWI

- You can be charged for Driving While Intoxicated (DWI) if you are driving a motor vehicle with a blood alcohol content above the legal limit (0.08%). - When a minor operates a motor vehicle or watercraft with a detectable amount of alcohol in his/her system (under legal limit), he/she has committed the criminal offense of Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol by a Minor (DUI).

The state's zero-tolerance policy for minors and alcohol is related to drunk driving and _____

- drinking alcohol - purchasing alcohol - attempting to purchase alcohol

The legal limit for BAC (Blood Alcohol Concentration) is _______.

0.08%

Someone is hurt or killed in Texas from an alcohol-related crash every ___ minutes.

29

You are not liable for open containers of alcohol in your car as long as you aren't drinking from them.

False

Implied Consent

If you choose to not consent to the test, you are guilty of Implied Consent and you will be subject to the following penalties: - Your license will automatically be suspended for 180 days. - If you refuse to take the test twice within 10 years, your license will be suspended for 2 years.

If you refuse a law enforcement officer's request to take a breathalyzer/blood test, ____.

Texas will automatically take away your license

What is a MINOR'S legal limit for the amount of alcohol in the bloodstream?

There is no acceptable amount of alcohol in the bloodstream

What is a first-time consequence of refusing a law enforcement officer's request to take a breathalyzer or blood test?

Your license will automatically be suspended

If you have been involved in a collision that left someone seriously injured or dead, the police do not need your consent to take a breathalyzer/blood test.

true

If you refuse to take a breathalyzer/blood test ______ within 10 years, your license will be suspended for 2 years

twice