Extreme DUI — Arizona Permit Test

Extreme DUI applies to a person with an alcohol concentration of 0.15 or higher.

At that level a driver is far more likely to crash, so Arizona sets a harsher charge above it.

This category of DUI applies to a person with an alcohol concentration of 0.15 or higher.

A first Extreme DUI offense brings jail for not less than 30 consecutive days.

The jail time is three times that of a plain first DUI, because the driver was far more drunk and far more dangerous.

First offense – You will be jailed for not less than 30 consecutive days and fined not less than $2,500.

A first Extreme DUI offense brings a fine of not less than $2,500.

Twice the fine of a plain first DUI makes the cost rise with how drunk the driver was.

First offense – You will be jailed for not less than 30 consecutive days and fined not less than $2,500.

On a first Extreme DUI with an alcohol concentration of 0.20 or higher, jail is not less than 45 days and the sentence cannot be suspended.

At 0.20 a driver can barely stay in a lane. The judge is not allowed to let any of the jail time go.

If the alcohol concentration is 0.20 or higher, you will be jailed not less than 45 days and will not be eligible for suspended sentence.

A first Extreme DUI offense requires an ignition interlock on any vehicle you drive.

The device will not let the car start after drinking, so the driver cannot simply do it again the next weekend.

will be ordered to perform community service and to equip any vehicle you operate with a Certified Ignition Interlock Device.

A second or later Extreme DUI offense brings a fine of not less than $3,250 and revokes the license for 12 months.

A driver caught twice at that level has shown a pattern, so both the fine and the loss of license grow.

fined not less than $3,250 and your license will be revoked for 12 months.

On a second or later Extreme DUI at 0.20 or higher, jail is not less than 180 days and the sentence cannot be suspended.

Half a year behind bars keeps a driver who has twice been very drunk at the wheel off the road entirely.

If the alcohol concentration is 0.20 or higher, you will be jailed not less than 180 days and will not be eligible for suspended sentence.

At what alcohol concentration does a DUI become an Extreme DUI in Arizona?

0.15 or higher. At that level a driver is far more likely to crash, so Arizona sets a harsher charge above it. Arizona Driver License Manual and Customer Service Guide, p.66: “This category of DUI applies to a person with an alcohol concentration of 0.15 or higher.”