Once you are arrested for DUI, your license is suspended. The DUI traffic ticket you receive serves as your temporary, limited-use license for 10 days. Once this is issued, you will have 10 days to request a DMV hearing to contest the circumstances of your arrest and license suspension.
For a standard 0.08 BAC level DUI, there is a 30-day period of what they call a ‘hard time’ before you can qualify for a hardship license. If you refused to take the breathalyzer test, this time period is 90 days.
Without getting a hardship license, your license will be suspended for 6 months when your breathalyzer is 0.08 or above. This time increases to 1 year if you refuse to submit to the chemical test.
Regardless of what happened, contact Stroleny Law, P.A. to discuss your case in confidentiality and determine your options.