Florida takes its drunk driving seriously. There are really huge outcomes to driving drunk in Florida. If you consume alcohol you increase your chance of getting in an accident and hurting yourself or somebody else. In 2006 alone Florida had 34,638 DUI convictions. That is an extreme amount. There are big consequences to Florida drunk driving.

Florida has an “Implied Consent Law” that fundamentally means you consent to take a dui test when you are pulled over by the cops. You can’t refuse. When you do your license will be suspended for 1 year. The second time you refuse it will be taken away for 1 1/2 years. You have to consent to a blood test, breath test or a urine test.

Convicted dui drivers will have an ignition interlock device put into their car on their second dui conviction. A judge may even order it for the first. This device is a real pain in the butt. No one wants to get it.

If you are under the age of 21 and drive drunk you will have larger consequences. The blood alcohol level only has to be .02 percent which fundamentally means that is you are under 21 you can’t have any alcohol at all. Judges don’t like underage drunk drivers in Florida.

There is also a fine of $250 to $500 for the first DUI. There is also 50 hours of community service that will be ordered. Probation will be for no more than one year and will be imprisoned for no more than six months. If your alcohol level was greater than. 08 or were driving with a minor then it will not be more than nine months. The licensed will be revoked for at least six months and there is mandatory DUI school for twelve hours. This is all for a FIRST conviction.

If you don’t learn the first time and you get caught again you will get even more time in jail and a larger fine plus DUI school. All of the same consequences for the first DUI will be applied to you but only worse. You punishment will definitely be increased.

Drunk driving in Florida is not a laughing matter. It is a very hard offense that can give you a lot of problems to try to work out. It isn’t worth it and it is very severe. If you don’t want to have these consequences then just don’t drive drunk. It’s that simple.

There are solutions you need to know if you have been convicted of a dui in Florida, save yourself money and elude getting a DUI charge by getting a Florida drunk driving lawyer.

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