Teens and DUIs: What Are the Consequences When Teens Drive Drunk?

So how much alcohol can the average teenager drink before he or she is considered unlawfully driving under the influence? Two drinks? Three? Try less than one alcoholic drink! While a standard DUI is given when your blood alcohol content is 0.08% or over, there are special laws for minors under the age of twenty-one.

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Open Container Laws

This article describes the misdemeanor charges associated, the possible defenses involved and consequences of an open container violation. State laws prohibit open alcoholic beverages in a vehicle. While an open container offense may not be serious, additional circumstances of the citation can increase a criminal charge.

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Out-of-State DUI Convictions

Getting an out-of-state DUI can cause more than just headaches. In fact, handling a DUI in another state can cost a significant amount of money, not to mention the worry over how the out-of-state DUI will affect your driver’s license, insurance premiums, and employment prospects. Find the answers to all that and more in the article below.

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What is a penlight sobriety test and how does it work?

If you were stopped at a roadside DUI checkpoint and an officer moved a penlight in front of your face and asked you to follow it with your eyes, this is the ‘horizontal gaze nystagmus’ test. The officer attempts to estimate the angle at which the eye begins to jerk and the smoothness of how the eye tracks the penlight to (theoretically) determine if a person has a high blood-alcohol concentration (BAC).

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Florida Victims of Drunk Driving Accidents

Florida law provides extensive rights for the victims of drunk driving accidents and DUI-related injuries in an attempt to drive home the point that it’s not acceptable to get behind the wheel if you’ve been drinking.

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