The Magic Number
The standard Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) limit for driers 21 and older in Florida.
What is 0.08 (12, 19)
For a fist-time DUI offender conviction in Florida, your driver's license can be revoked for a minimum of this many months.
What is 6 months.
You can be charged with a DUI even if the car isn't moving, provided you are in "Actual Physical Control" of the vehicle.
What is being in the driver's seat with the keys.
In Florida, if you are caught drinking and operating a boat, you are charged with this instead of a DUI.
What is BUI (Boating Under the Influence)
Florida's "broken seal" rule means a container is legally "open" if this has happened to it, even in no alcohol has been consumed.
What is the original factory seal (like cap or tab) being broken
The strict "Zero Tolerance" BAC limit for drivers under the age of 21 in Florida.
What is 0.02
This monitoring device, which requires a breath sample to start a vehicle, may be mandatory for even first-time offenders with high BAC levels.
What is an Ignition Interlock Device (IID)
Florida law uses this specific term for the three physical tests (like the Walk-and-Turn) officers use to gauge impairment.
What are Standardized Field Sobriety Tests.
This Florida agency is responsible for enforcing BUI laws on state waterways.
What is the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC)
While most Florida is "wet", these two rural counties remain the only ones that are primarily "dry".
What is Liberty and Lafayette Counties.
In Florida, having this BAC level or higher (or traveling with a minor) triggers enhanced "Aggravated DUI" penalties.
What is 0.15
Unlike some other states, Florida statutes strictly prohibit these types of classes from being completed online; they must be in person.
What are DUI education classes.
This constitutional clause, clarified by the Velazco ruling, prevents Florida prosecutors from stacking multiple DUI convictions for a since death.
What is Double Jeopardy
True or False:
You can be charged with a DUI for operating a motorized lawnmower or golf cart on a public road in Florida.
What is true
Under the "Doggy Bag" law, a Florida restaurant can let you take home this type of unfinished alcohol, provided it is securely resealed and placed in a bag with a receipt.
What is a bottle of wine.
This biological process is how the body breaks down alcohol for elimination; it cannot be "speeded up" by coffee or cold showers.
What is metabolism
This is the maximum find (excluding court costs) for a standard first-tie DUI conviction with a BAC under 0.15.
What is $1,000
This legal rules states that only one homicide conviction (e.g. DUI manslaughter) can stand for a single death in Florida.
What is the One Death/One Conviction rule
The legal BAC limit for operating a commercial vehicle (like a semi-truck) in Florida is this lower amount.
What is 0.04
This is the default time in Florida when alcohol sales must stop every night, unless a local city or county ordinance has extended it.
What is midnight
Florida law states this type of test can be used as evidence of "consciousness of guilt" if a driver refuses it during a stop.
What is a urine or breath test
Florida's "Hardship License" typically requires a waiting period of this many days after a suspension begins.
This type of felony occurs in the Florida if a DUI results in the death of a person or an unborn child.
What is DUI manslaughter
The "implied" legal concept means that by having a Florida driver's license, you've already agreed to submit to breath or urine testing.
What is Implied.
Florida law allows passengers to drink in these type of specific types of vehicles, but strictly excludes ride-sharing services like Uber or Lyft.
What are limousines, buses, and motorhomes (over 21 feet).