Las Vegas Police Kick-off Anti-DUI Campaign
On Friday Las Vegas Metropolitan Police and transportation officials began what will be a three-week campaign to combat drunk driving. From now through Labor Day police are being paid overtime through a federal grant in order to help carry out the campaign. Last year there were almost 90 deaths state-wide that resulted from violations of Nevada DUI law.
Nevada DUI law makes it illegal to operate a car, truck or other vehicle with a BAC of .08 or above. It's also illegal to drive with excessive amounts of certain drugs in your blood. Furthermore, a person may be convicted of drunk driving for being impaired by alcohol or drugs even if their BAC number was legal.
Penalties for violating Nevada DUI law turn on the circumstances of the incident. If no one gets hurt, a first or second DUI within a seven year time-frame is a misdemeanor with a maximum six months in jail. But a third DUI in seven years is an automatic felony with a possible four-year sentence. And a first time DUI that results in injury or death is also a felony possibly carrying several years in prison.
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