Drunk Driving Penalties
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What are the penalties of underage drink driving?
I need to know for a novel that I'm working on-
If a fifteen year old girl drink drives resulting in the death of two people, and in turn suffers retrograde amnesia from the crash, causing her to completely forget her past except for the first four years of her life and become a completely different person who is much more shy and law abiding, what penalties would she receive? Would she have to do community service at all?
The law make it illegal for a person under the age of 21 to operate a motor vehicle with any alcohol in his system
In some states, the penalties are administrative, with an automatic license suspension but no possibility of jail time or criminal conviction. In others, however, underage drivers who have been drinking are charged with DUI or a related crime. Under both civil and criminal statutes, penalties are typically more severe for subsequent offenses, and breathalyzer test refusals are often treated in the same manner as measured violations.
In addition, underage drivers subject to zero tolerance prosecutions are often charged with additional crimes such as consumption of alcohol by a minor or possession of alcohol by a minor.