Utah now officially has the nation’s lowest drunken driving limit. Sunday at 12:01 a.m., a new law took hold lowering the state’s blood alcohol content (BAC) standard — used to determine when drivers are considered legally drunk — from 0.08 to 0.05 percent. While the law was passed by the Utah … [Read more...] about Utah now has the strictest drunken driving limit in the nation. Here are 9 things to know about the new state law
DMV Procedures
Utah’s lowest in the nation .05 DUI limit now in effect
The strictest DUI law in the country drops the legal limit from 0.08 to 0.05 percent blood alcohol concentration. A woman could reach the 0.05 limit after a single drink, and a 160-pound man could hit the limit after two drinks, according to the American Beverage Institute, which opposes the lower … [Read more...] about Utah’s lowest in the nation .05 DUI limit now in effect
Saving Your License
If you were ARRESTED for DUI, here's what happens next: Your Utah driver license was confiscated by the arresting officer and replaced with a citation that serves as a temporary license that expires in 29 days (if out-of-state license then you keep it); Your vehicle was likely … [Read more...] about Saving Your License
Ignition Interlock Devices (IID)
Even First Time DUI Convictions Require an IID Installation But this is just the start of the potential problems that follow these devices. False positives, long term memory with auto-download and forwarding features, and permissible starting at anything under .025 BAC present very real … [Read more...] about Ignition Interlock Devices (IID)
Probation: Supervised & Unsupervised
On Any First Time DUI Or Charge Of Impaired Driving: Utah law requires that minimum mandatory penalties be applied, including Probation which comes in two flavors: Unsupervised, also called "Court Probation" and Supervised also sometimes called "your life as you know it is over" probation, thus the … [Read more...] about Probation: Supervised & Unsupervised
Impaired Driving 41-6a-502.5 (1) (a&b)
Understanding the reduced charge of Impaired Driving (ID) under 41-6a-502.5 (1) (a) and (b). There are five important things to note about the reduced charge of Impaired Driving: (1) ID comes in two flavors depending on your BAC and other thing, an (a) that is reversionary to a full DUI during the … [Read more...] about Impaired Driving 41-6a-502.5 (1) (a&b)