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Rhode Island Drunk Driving Laws and Statistics

Rhode Island Drunk Driving Laws

  • BAC Limit: 0.08
  • Enhanced Penalty BAC Level: 0.15
  • Zero Tolerance Level: 0.02
  • Implied Consent Law: Yes
  • License Suspension 1st Offense: 45 Days
  • License Suspension 2nd Offense: 1 Year
  • License Suspension 3rd Offense: 2 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: No
  • Open Container Law: For driver only

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Rhode Island Drunk Driving Fatalities

Total Fatalities BAC=.00 BAC=.01-.07 BAC=.08+
60 35 8 25

Rhode Island Drunk Driving News

Hazard pleads not guilty to DUI charge - Providence Eyewitness News

Hazard pleads not guilty to DUI charge Providence Eyewitness News, RI PROVIDENCE, RI (WPRI) - A spokesman for Rhode Island Attorney General Patrick Lynch said David Hazard entered a not guilty plea during his arraignment at Providence Superior Court Monday. Hazard, 37, of Sc more...

RI Senate to vote on DUI - Providence Eyewitness News

RI Senate to vote on DUI Providence Eyewitness News, RI PROVIDENCE, RI (WPRI) - Rhode Island lawmakers return to the State House Thursday to vote on a bill that would make charges in connection with a second or third DUI offense a felony. The legislation, sponsored by Senato more...

RI Rep., Deputy Majority Leader Raymond Sullivan Charged with DUI - ABC6.com

Story Updated: Apr 22, 2009 at 2:29 PM EDT PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - A Rhode Island state representative has been charged with drunken driving. State Police say Rep. Raymond Sullivan Jr., a Coventry Democrat, had a blood-alcohol level more than twice ... more...

RI State Rep. arrested on DUI charges - WPRI

WARWICK, R.I (WPRI) - A Rhode Island State Representative is arrested on suspicion of drunk driving. Rhode Island State Police pulled over Rep. Raymond Sullivan, a democrat who represents Coventry and West Greenwich on route 95 in Warwick early ... more...

I-Team: Rhode Island lawmaker accused of DUI - News Channel 10

State police arrested a Rhode Island state lawmaker early Wednesday on suspicion of drunken driving, the NBC 10 I-Team reported. The I-Team reported that state Rep. Raymond Sullivan , D-Coventry/West Greenwich, was traveling north on Interstate 95 in ... more...

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