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From: bobn@bmcg.UUCP (Bob Nebert)
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: Re: DWI Crackdowns (Pull pin ... wind up ... throw!)
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Date: Fri, 2-Aug-85 15:33:52 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug  2 15:33:52 1985
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> >	150$ fine,
> >	30 day AUTOMATIC suspension (90 day if I refuse a breathalyzer
> >				     test),
> >	480$ enrollment charge for MA's Alcohol enrollment course,
> >	and 1 YEAR's probation.
> >
> >This sits on my record for 7 years. Then it is expunged.
> 
> This sounds pretty mild to me.  In most European  countries  first  offense
> gets you a mandatory 1 year suspension.  Second offense gets you suspension
> for _life_.  In California a DWI sits on your record for 10 years and  does
> pretty  awful  things  to  your insurance rates.  Driving without insurance
> gets you a fine and possible jail sentence.
>
In California you have a period of three years where you can drink or drive
but NOT both. After that is over then you have a period of two years where
you are allowed to drink and drive BUT if your blood count, if you get 
stopped, is over the legal limit it is considered a second offense and off
to jail for a year. 

After you make it thru 5 years successfully, then you petition to get it
expunged. It is not automatic.

     Bob Nebert