Saving your license from a DUI penalty

Prior to conviction, any suspected offender should undergo a series of Field Sobriety Tests to prove whether he or she should be charge for a DUI. Usually these series of tests includes breath, blood and urine tests. These three are common examinations used to detect the BAC or the Blood Alcohol Content of a person. However, refusal to undergo such tests may result to license confiscation of one year term.

Here in Florida, the traffic law clearly states that any person caught driving a motor vehicle with 0.20 BAC is sanctioned to any DUI offense and DUI penalty. This is for the reason that at 0.20% BAC a driver is already assumed incapable of doing two major things: steering and braking a car. At this BAC rate, the alcohol has reached a person's blood vessels and has already been transmitted to his or her brain. Thus, affecting the nerves as well as other human reflexes to function normally. Hence, it can result to a 'abnormal' driving.

In fact, studies shows that alcohol-related vehicular accidents causes a person's life every 32 minutes. In the same manner, alcohol-related incidents can cause injury to any individual in just a span of 2 minutes. Statistics have recorded that DUI offenders were able to kill lives of more than a million innocent lives  last year following a DUI accident. And, among the 50 states of America, Florida turned out to have the most number of DUI arrests. Because of this, more officials from this state have been on their best to formulate ways to widen and make harsh consequences for existing DUI penalties.

$250 immediate DUI penalty is incurred to a first-time offender. Depending on the frequency of the offense, such monetary sanction may go up to $500 or even to $1000. These fines can be very hefty if the offender's blood sample was found an alcohol level of 0.20% or higher. A DUI penalty can start to increase at $1000 or more.

With this, police officials and traffic authorities warns and advices every citizen to think several times before doing anything stupid like driving while intoxicated. Nevertheless, pay and face the consequences of your misdemeanor at your local traffic court.