| Illinois lawmakers made driving a vehicle a privilege, not | | | | Breathalyzer Exam, your driver's license will be |
| a right. Like any other privilege your driver's license can | | | | suspended on the 46th day following the arrest. |
| be taken away if you don't follow the rules. Every | | | | Under the Statutory Summary Suspension law, you |
| motorist operating a vehicle on a public highway, in the | | | | are entitled to petition the court for a hearing and |
| state of Illinois has given constructive consent to | | | | challenge your driver's license suspension. The hearing |
| submit to a chemical test, also know as the | | | | is civil in nature and the burden of proof is on you to |
| Breathalyzer Exam if suspected of a DUI. This is also | | | | show by the preponderance of evidence that the |
| known as Illinois Implied Consent Law. | | | | statutory summary suspension should be rescinded |
| Should you refuse to take the Breathalyzer Exam, | | | | and your driving privileges be reinstated. The Petition |
| your driving privileges will be suspended for a longer | | | | for a hearing must be filed within 90 days of the arrest. |
| period of time then they would have been if you took | | | | If this is not done, any arguments regarding statutory |
| the Breathalyzer Exam and were over the legal limit. | | | | summary suspension are deemed waived. You have |
| Under the new Illinois Statutory Summary Suspension | | | | the right to have the hearing held or on the 1st date |
| law, a first time DUI offender will have their driving | | | | you appear in court or 30 days after filing the Petition, |
| privileges suspended for a period of 6 months, if their | | | | whichever comes first. |
| Blood Alcohol Content, (BAC) is over the legal limit | | | | If you were stopped for a DUI and received a |
| of.08 and 12 months if they refused to take the | | | | Warning of a Statutory Summary Suspension and |
| Breathalyzer Exam all together. Illinois Statutory | | | | your license is about to be suspended, contact my |
| Summary Suspension Statute, 625 ILCS 5/11-501.1, | | | | office today. Time is of the essence don't loose your |
| states that if you failed or refused to take the | | | | privilege to drive, talk to an experienced lawyer today. |