California Drunk Driving Laws and Statistics

California Drunk Driving Laws

  • BAC Limit: 0.08
  • Enhanced Penalty BAC Level: 0.16
  • Zero Tolerance Level: 0.01
  • Implied Consent Law: Yes
  • License Suspension 1st Offense: 4 Months
  • License Suspension 2nd Offense: 2 Years
  • License Suspension 3rd Offense: 4 Years
  • Mandatory Jail Time: After 2nd Offense
  • Mandatory Alcohol Education: Yes
  • Mandatory Alcohol Treatment: Yes
  • Ignition Interlock Device: Yes
  • Vehicle Confiscation: After 3rd Offense
  • Hardship License: After 30 Days
  • Open Container Law: For driver and passengers

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California Drunk Driving Fatalities

Total Fatalities BAC=.00 BAC=.01-.07 BAC=.08+
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California Drunk Driving News

More drivers arrested in Shasta, Tehama DUI campaigns - Record-Searchlight

More drivers arrested in Shasta, Tehama DUI campaigns Record-Searchlight Recently, the California Highway Patrol officers in Tehama County arrested Anderson resident Michael Chitwood, 44, on suspicion of DUI. Law enforcement ... and more » more...

Bell City Manager pleads guilty to California DUI - DUIAttorney.com

Bell City Manager pleads guilty to California DUI DUIAttorney.com Former Bell City, California, city manager, Robert Rizzo, pleaded guilty to a DUI charge stemming from a March arrest in Huntington Beach. ... more...

Watered down, but necessary - Vallejo Times-Herald

Watered down, but necessary Vallejo Times-Herald Assemblyman Jerry Hill, D-San Mateo, introduced AB 1601 this year to put more teeth into California\'s DUI law, which now allows a judge to revoke a driver\'s ... more...

Judge orders evaluation of teenage California DUI manslaughter convict - DUIAttorney.com

Judge orders evaluation of teenage California DUI manslaughter convict DUIAttorney.com A teenage man who pleaded guilty in July to manslaughter in the deaths of two of his classmates in 2009 will undergo a mandatory 90-day evaluation. ... more...

Faith Evans booked for suspicion of California DUI - DUIAttorney.com

Faith Evans booked for suspicion of California DUI DUIAttorney.com Faith Evans, singer and actress made infamous as the widow of \"The Notorious BIG,\" was arrested on Saturday for suspicion of DUI in Los Angeles. ... and more » more...

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