Arizona DUI

If you get an Arizona DUI you will have to get an interlock device installed on your car. The thing is, you will have to pay for this device yourself. The state of Arizona is trying to implement harsh DUI punishments so that this will prevent people from drinking and driving. In my opinion, this is not going to have a significant affect on the number of DUIs. The companies who make this device will be extremely happy when their sales of the interlock device boosts like crazy.

Instead of focusing the attention on making more strict punishments for a DUI, they should think of other ways to educate, provide a better transportation system, and other ways to prevent people from driving while under the influence. When people have more options to get from point A to point B, it could reduce the number of DUIs.

If you are arrested for a DUI in the state of Arizona, you will have a criminal proceeding and a civil proceeding. Both proceeding have not relation together. You can win one and lose the other, lose both, or win both. The criminal proceeding deals with fines, jail time, assessments, and probation. The MVD proceeding will decide whether or not your Arizona license will be suspended or restricted.

If you are pulled over and suspected of a DUI in Arizona, the officer ask you to submit for a breath, blood, or urine test. If you refuse to take any test, which you have the right to, your license will be automatically suspended for 1 full year. Then, the officer can obtain a search warrant and take a blood sample anyway. Even if they engage in taking a search warrant and take blood or other samples to obtain your blood alcohol content, you will still have your license suspended for a full year for refusing the first time.

These are some of the things involved in an Arizona DUI