Largely depending on the state you live in and where you committed driving under the influence offense, you’ll have to face a harsh penalties and exorbitant fines when you’re caught with DUI. Of all the laws in the various states, this is the strictest. With so many people being injured and losing their lives over DUI related accidents, it’s the least the lawmakers can do to deter would be offenders. From the beginning of you being suspected of DUI, your life can change drastically. Even if you aren’t convicted of a DUI yet, you have to subject yourself to blood testing, urine testing and so on.
While this already takes your time away from life and relationships, you’ll be suffering even more if you go against DUI laws in any state. The speed of your driving, and other things like previously being charged with DUI or resisting arrest can even aggravate the kind of fines and penalties you get in conviction. When DUI laws are violated, you’ll be paying a specific fine and that doesn’t include bail and probation fees. You’ll be looking at at least $10,000 for fines and that’s not even counting the amount you have to pay to get a good lawyer.
Penalties that will surely have an effect on your quality of life are mandatory counseling and probation, suspension or revocation of your license, having to breathe into a breathalyzer before driving and so on. The biggest effect that DUI laws will have on you if you violate the law will be prison time. The length of imprisonment will depend on how many times you’ve gone against DUI laws. When you start losing one to three days with the first offense, you’ll be looking at up to one year in jail for the second offense. If there were injuries and car accidents as a result of DUI, you can lose more.