| In California alone, there are roughly 22,000,000 | | | | and consents to the chemical test could end up facing |
| licensed drivers residing there. All of the drivers have | | | | a mere 4-month suspension verdict while sticking to |
| been given their licenses with the idea that they are | | | | the requirements for filing a formal proof of insurance |
| properly trained in driving a vehicle and know all the | | | | with the DMV known as an SR22 filing for 3-years |
| road laws in force. | | | | following the DMV's verdict. Anybody who receives |
| On the other hand, a lot of drivers take advantage of | | | | their first DUI offense in California will also have to sign |
| the opportunity to drive while drunk; in 2007, it was | | | | up for alcohol awareness courses, while there is also a |
| estimated that 203,866 individuals were placed under | | | | chance for being assigned with a restricted license that |
| arrest for a DUI charge. If this is the first DUI offense | | | | enables a person to commute to and from alcohol |
| made by a California driver, they might not know what | | | | awareness classes and the workplace. |
| they are going to be confronted with after their | | | | Then again, a first-time offending driver who does not |
| charge. Those who are arrested for a DUI charge are | | | | consent to a chemical test is going to be confronted |
| going to be handled in two separate ways: in the | | | | with a much more severe verdict. Those individuals will |
| courtroom and at the DMV. | | | | be facing a 1-year license suspension with no chance |
| If a driver happens to be dealing with a first offense | | | | to get a restricted license at any given time throughout |
| DUI in California, they must know that the state's DMV | | | | the year. As soon as this suspension period comes to |
| will initially try to suspend their license for the crime, | | | | an end, the individual will have to file an SR-22 if they |
| which is called an administrative per se hearing (APS). | | | | want their license to be reinstated. |
| For anyone who is arrested under suspicion of DUI, | | | | After the court hearing, the driver (if found guilty) will |
| that individual will be provided a mere 10 days to ask | | | | have to pay anywhere from $390.00 to $1000.00 for |
| for a hearing with the DMV; however, lest the hearing | | | | their first offense. Under some circumstances, it is |
| shouldn't take place, then the DMV can immediately go | | | | crucial to understand that a first offense DUI could end |
| ahead with the procedure of suspending the | | | | up facing a small punishment. Someone who is given a |
| offender's license. If the driver is successful with | | | | probationary verdict and willingly takes on the court's |
| acquiring their own APS hearing, it is likely that the | | | | punishment could be prospectively sent to jail for as |
| chances of success will be reduced. | | | | long as six months; however, if they follow the |
| A failed APS hearing is going to be contingent upon | | | | conditions of their probation contract, jail may be |
| whether or not the offender has had any previous DUI | | | | avoided altogether. California offenders who are not |
| verdicts or turned down a chemical test in the past or | | | | given the probation period after the first DUI offense |
| was in fact over the legal limit. In the course of an | | | | could be given anything from the minimum of 96 hours |
| APS hearing, there is always an advantage for the | | | | up to the maximum of 6 months of jail time. |
| offender to acquire a California DUI lawyer's | | | | California deals with many DUI cases annually, but |
| assistance to represent them not only in court, but at | | | | regrettably, there are some circumstances in which a |
| the DMV hearing and help them to keep their driving | | | | driver doesn't learn their lesson from the verdict of |
| privileges. | | | | their first DUI crime and are sentenced to more severe |
| Lest this should have been a first offense DUI charge, | | | | verdicts as a result. When you take up your duty as a |
| the DMV's verdict will be totally contingent upon | | | | lawful driver in California, you will both spare yourself |
| whether or not the individual has submitted to a | | | | the possibility of being slammed with your first DUI |
| chemical test and was or was not over the legal limit. | | | | offense and also keep the streets for your fellow |
| A California driver who receives their first DUI charge | | | | drivers and pedestrians safe. |