A 3-minute lesson from the Nevada course. Read the rules and examples, follow the handbook page references, and check your understanding before you move on.
By driving in Nevada you've already agreed to a chemical test if an officer suspects DUI. Refusing costs you your license, and tough rules also cover young drivers and open containers.
Implied consent
If an officer suspects DUI, you'll be asked to take a blood, breath or urine test. Refusing gets your license, permit or privilege to drive revoked (NRS 484C.220).
Under 21 with an alcohol concentration of .02% but less than .08%: your privilege is suspended. It's an administrative penalty, and the officer can take your license immediately.
The .08% level is a guide — you can be arrested and convicted at a lower level. Any time you lose your license, you can ask the DMV for an administrative hearing.
Under 18 found by juvenile court to have driven under the influence, or under 21 convicted of DUI: the court orders an alcohol or drug abuse evaluation, and the judge may order treatment.
Opened alcoholic beverages are illegal in the driver or passenger area of a vehicle being driven — except motor home or house trailer living quarters and passenger areas of buses, limousines or taxis.
Stopped at a checkpoint, a 19-year-old refuses a breath test. Because it's her first refusal, she can't hold a license, permit or privilege to drive for 1 year.
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.
Under Nevada's Implied Consent Law, if you refuse a chemical test after a suspected DUI stop, your license is revoked for:
185 days for a first offense
One year for a first offense
30 days for a first offense
Six months for a first offense
Answer: One year for a first offense
Refusing a test results in a one-year revocation for a first offense under Implied Consent.