Taimoor Rana is seasoned criminal defense attorney specializing in DUI related cases. He shares his expert legal opinion here Arkansas DUI Penalties »
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- Laws call for drivers suspected for driving under the influence to concede to breath, blood, or urine testing for alcohol content are known as implied consent laws. Refusing for those tests carries penalties that can include compulsory suspension of a driving license for up to a year.
Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC)
In Arkansas if any driver is having blood alcohol concentration or BAC above 0.08% will be charged for DUI under the law. Under this condition, this evidence is all that is needed for a driver to be convicted for DUI or DWI.
Zero Tolerance Blood Alcohol Concentration
Almost in all states zero tolerance laws mainly focus on drivers not of legal drinking age. In Arkansas drivers or person under 21 years of age operating motor vehicle with a .02% blood alcohol level or above than that will be subject to DUI penalties.
Enhanced Penalty Blood Alcohol Concentration
Some states are having more strict punishment for that who convicted of DUI with a high blood alcohol content at the point in time of arrest; that’s usually 0.15% or .20% above the legal limit. Enhanced penalty laws are not utilized in Arkansas.
Administrative License Suspension/Revocation Penalties
There are minimum mandatory penalties essential for drivers who have the blood alcohol concentration above Arkansas’s maximum acceptable level of 0.08% or drivers decline to submit to breath, blood, or urine testing for blood alcohol content then they will be subject to the “implied consent laws”.
In those penalties suspension or revocation of the driver’s license by the DMV are included. For fist DUI offense in Arkansas the mandatory punishment is 90 days; for the second offense, one year; for the third offense, three years.
Vehicle Confiscation
In some states punishment for vehicle confiscation for DUI conviction is a prospect usually for repeat offenders. This is not a penalty option in Arkansas.
Ignition Interlock
Ignition interlock is a device, which is attached with the condemned DUI offender’s motor vehicle so that the driver will perform a breath test before starting the vehicle. This penalty is not an option in Arkansas while in some states this penalty for DUI conviction can be possible.
Mandatory Alcohol Education and Assessment/Treatment
In Arkansas for DUI offenders alcohol tutoring and prevention program, treatment for alcohol abuse can be required also. These steps are optional steps, which are taken instead of serving a sentence of imprisonment or paying fines.
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How to stop your Loved Ones from Drunk Driving »
Drunk driving is not only dangerous to the driver itself but also for other drivers and passengers present on road at the same time. But what can be done to keep your loved ones from driving when they are not in their senses because of having more than 5 or 6 drinks in one sitting.
Here are some useful ways that can be applied to stop them in such risky situation.
Take the Keys
The first thing you can do is to take car keys before serving them alcohol and allow them to go out only if they prove themselves conscious enough to drive a car. If it seems impossible to stay at that place and you also find them unable to drive, take them yourself where they want to go.
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300,000 Repeat DUI Offenders? Time to Act »
The figures have clearly shown that no doubt, California has a major drunken driving problem. Up till now, more than 300,000 drivers in the state have had three or more DUI convictions, whereas more than 40,000 have had five.
The numbers are truly devastating. In 2007, drunk drivers in California were involved in 53,261 accidents that killed about1,501 Californians, not to mention the endless injuries.
According to the Assemblyman Mike Feuer, D-Los Angeles, the huge numbers can be reduced by installing ignition interlock devices on vehicles that are owned or operated by people convicted of drunken driving. This way, the car won’t start until the driver blows into the device and is found to be clear.
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