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 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 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...

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...

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...

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...