Alcohol and the law — Arkansas Permit Test

In Arkansas, you will be arrested for driving while intoxicated with an alcohol concentration of 0.08% or more in the breath or blood.

At that level every driver's judgment and control are badly impaired, so the law draws a hard line there.

You will be arrested for driving while intoxicated with an alcohol concentration of 0.08% or more in the breath (grams/210 liters) or blood (grams/100 milliliters, the same as 0.08%).

In Arkansas, if you are involved in a traffic crash or a serious traffic offense, you can be charged with DWI with a blood alcohol content between 0.04% and 0.08%.

Alcohol below the usual limit still impairs you, and a crash shows it did; the law reaches those drivers too.

In Arkansas, if involved in a traffic crash or involved in a serious traffic offense, you can be charged with DWI with a blood alcohol content between 0.08% and 0.04%.

The law enforcement officer chooses which alcohol test (breath, urine or saliva) to request.

A driver cannot pick the test they hope to beat, so the officer decides how the alcohol is measured.

The law enforcement officer chooses which test (breath, urine, or saliva) to request.

If a law enforcement officer instructs you to take an alcohol test, you are compelled by law to do so, and you can lose your driver's license if you refuse.

Driving is a privilege that comes with agreeing to be tested, so refusing does not get a drinking driver off.

You can lose your driver’s license if you refuse to take an alcohol test.

For a first alcohol conviction in Arkansas, you will be fined from $150 to $1000, in addition to court costs.

A heavy fine on the first offense is meant to stop a driver before a second offense, or a crash, ever happens.

If you are found guilty of an alcohol violation and it is your first conviction, you will be fined from $150 to $1000, in addition to court costs.

For a first alcohol conviction in Arkansas, you could also be sentenced to 1 year in jail.

The threat of jail on the first offense shows how seriously the state treats drinking and driving.

You could also be sentenced to one (1) year in jail, and your license could be suspended for 120 days.

For a first alcohol conviction in Arkansas, your license could be suspended for 120 days.

Taking the license away keeps a proven drinking driver off the road while the lesson sinks in.

You could also be sentenced to one (1) year in jail, and your license could be suspended for 120 days.

In Arkansas, at what alcohol concentration will you be arrested for driving while intoxicated?

0.08% or more. At that level every driver's judgment and control are badly impaired, so the law draws a hard line there. Arkansas Driver License Study Guide, p.74: “You will be arrested for driving while intoxicated with an alcohol concentration of 0.08% or more in the breath (grams/210 liters) or blood (grams/100 milliliters, the same as 0.08%).”