| A simple mistake can have lifelong consequences. | | | | stiff. A first offense DUI is punished by a $250-500 fine |
| Virtually everyone at some point in their lives has had | | | | and potentially six months in jail, a second offense |
| a bit too much to drink, made a bad judgment, and | | | | drunk driving conviction $500-1000 with possibly nine |
| gotten behind the wheel of a car. Almost 11,000 people | | | | months in jail and an ignition interlock device placed in |
| make this very mistake every year in the state of | | | | the defendant's car for a year. A third DUI conviction in |
| Florida, many a simple error and took a bad risk. | | | | Tallahassee in 10 years is a third-degree felony. This |
| Alcohol will do that; one of its less well-appreciated | | | | crime is penalized by a prison term of up to one year |
| effects is that it makes otherwise normal people do | | | | and an ignition interlock device for at least two years, |
| what they otherwise would never dream doing. | | | | at the defendants' expense. |
| The state of Florida takes a very hard line against | | | | In addition to monetary penalties associated with a |
| those that drive drunk. A person can be charged with | | | | drunk driving arrest in Tallahassee, a person convicted |
| a DUI (Driving Under the Influence) if they exhibit at | | | | of a DUI can also face the loss of their driving privilege. |
| least .08% alcohol per 100 milliliters in their blood or | | | | A first conviction mandates at least a 180 day |
| .08% alcohol per 210 liters of breath. The | | | | revocation with a maximum of one year, a second in |
| inconsistencies and unreliability of these machines | | | | five years mandates a minimum five year revocation, |
| aside, people often help convict themselves of drunk | | | | and a third drunk driving arrest in Tallahassee requires |
| driving merely by taking these tests. You cannot be | | | | a 10 year revocation. Any further convictions within 10 |
| forced to take roadside sobriety tests in Tallahassee, | | | | years require mandatory permanent revocation, |
| but the penalties for refusing to take them are quite | | | | particularly if there are other associated circumstances |
| stiff should a person be convicted of a DUI. | | | | such as with Murder with Motor Vehicle. |
| The penalties for drunk driving in Tallahassee are quite | | | | |