Ohio Drunk Driving Laws

• BAC Limit: 0.08
• Enhanced Penalty BAC Level: 0.17
• Zero Tolerance Level: 0.02
• Implied Consent Law: Yes
• License Suspension 1st Offense: 6 Months
• License Suspension 2nd Offense: 1 Year
• License Suspension 3rd Offense: 1 Year
• Mandatory Jail Time: After 2nd Offense
• Mandatory Alcohol Education: No
• Mandatory Alcohol Treatment: After 3rd Offense
• Ignition Interlock Device: Yes
• Vehicle Confiscation: After 4th Offense
• Hardship License: After 15 Days
• Open Container Law: For driver and passengers

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Plain Dealer (blog) 50-year-old Lakewood man free on bond is due in court tomorrow on his 7th DUI ... Plain Dealer (blog) Ohio\'s current DUI law allows for a felony charge after five DUI convictions within 20 years. Frangella now faces his first felony charge. more...

Ohio Supreme Court Upholds DUI Law WLWT COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The Ohio Supreme Court has upheld an additional 10-day jail penalty for repeat drunken driving offenders who refuse to take a breath test ... and more » more...

Here is the latest Ohio sports from The AP Hillsboro Argus - OregonLive.com MIAMI - Cleveland Browns wide receiver Donte\' Stallworth has been released from a Miami jail after serving 24 days of a 30-day sentence for DUI manslaughter ... and more » more...

Ohio Records Fewest July 4 Holiday Highway Deaths In Decade WLWT Troopers and police statewide said last week that they planned to patrol more instead of using DUI checkpoints. Troopers said they arrested 556 impaired ... and more » more...

DUI tests focus of bill Columbus Dispatch A bill introduced in the Ohio Senate would allow emergency medical workers to draw blood from drunken-driving suspects. ... and more » more...