A 3-minute lesson from the Florida course. Read the rules and examples, follow the handbook page references, and check your understanding before you move on.
DUI covers more than alcohol. Prescription drugs, over-the-counter medicine and controlled substances all count. Florida's penalties grow with each offense, and they jump again if your BAL was .15 or higher or a minor was in the car.
Know the rule
You can be charged with DUI if you are driving or in physical control of a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, controlled substances, prescriptions or over-the-counter medicines.
At arrest, your license is administratively suspended if your breath or blood alcohol level (BAL) is .08 or above, or if you refuse a breath or blood test.
By signing your Florida license you agreed to take a blood, urine or breath test when an officer has reasonable cause to believe you are under the influence.
In DUI cases with death or serious injury, a blood test is required with or without your consent, even if you are unconscious. A doctor, nurse or other health professional draws the blood.
A first DUI conviction also brings 50 hours of community service and up to 1 year of probation. Every conviction includes an evaluation for addiction treatment.
You're pulled over and blow .16 with your 10-year-old in the back seat. On a first conviction the fine is at least $1,000 and up to $2,000, jail can reach 9 months, and an ignition interlock is required for at least six continuous months.
Check your understanding
Read the question, decide on an answer, then open it to check the explanation. These are Roadwise study questions based on the source handbook.
At what breath or blood alcohol level (BAL) will your license be administratively suspended at the time of a DUI arrest?
.05 or above
.08 or above
.10 or above
.15 or above
Answer: .08 or above
At the time of arrest, your license will be administratively suspended if you have a BAL of .08 or above, or refuse to submit to a test.