 Hi, I'm David Cantor with the Lofts is of David Michael Cantor and today I'm going to talk about DUI arrest in your personal vehicle if you have a commercial driver's license How does that affect your license? Well basically the DMV part of a DUI is completely separate from the criminal court part That means if I went and got your criminal case thrown out today, and I went to DMV They'd say so what mr. Jones still needs to deal with us on his DMV If I get your DMV taken care of and I went to criminal court They'd say big deal criminal courts completely separate now if you are stopped and you provide blood breath or urine and you're above an 08 This is called an administrative per se suspension or admin per se if you're above an 08 They will suspend you for 90 days They will give you a 30 60 permit 30 days of no driving 60 days You can drive to him from school work or the doctor they'll require you to do alcohol screening to get the work permit Once you do the screening and they say you need X amount of classes You don't have to do the classes you just need to do the screening and then you can get the work permit Now an implied consent suspension when you drive on the roads of Arizona You impliedly consent to give blood breath or urine of a law enforcement officer ask you to if you don't you lose your license for One full year. This is called a refusal. They'll get a warrant and draw your blood anyway But this is what's called a refusal if you make them get the warrant now They can give you what's called a three month nine month permit three months of no driving nine months You can drive to school work the doctor for work, but you have to have alcohol screening and you need an SR 22 What is that? That's a fancy term You have to pay more money to the insurance company so they can rat you out if your insurance ever lapses that is SR 22 You also have to put an interlock device or a breath testing device on your steering wheel You have to blow into it every time you start your car and every 15 minutes after your car is running You have to blow into it again. Otherwise your engine will cut out Every 90 days you take your car down they unload the chip and they test it to make sure you weren't above a zero to zero Breath alcohol that's because zero to zero maybe had some Maybe you had some medication with alcohol You know they give you a little bit of leeway Now what's our advice if you have a CDL and you're driving you get pulled over We always advise people if it's in their personal car submit to a breath or blood or urine test on the first defense Submit on the second offense also within seven years because you're still eligible for the permit on a third offense Or if your license is suspended or if you have a kid that's 15 or younger. Don't those are felonies make them get the warrant Now with your CDL If you have a clean record you're in your personal vehicle and the affidavit is upheld where the suspension is upheld They're going to hit you with a one-year CDL disqualification What does that mean your class A license is now downgraded to class D? Then you have a regular license and you do the 36 D what we talked about After one year later you can then get your class a license again, but here's the kicker If you're convicted of the DUI at any point after you've started your suspension could be three months later Six months later a year later a year and a half later that one year disqualification Disqualification starts all over so it's pretty serious stuff. You need to try and beat the DUI and the suspension if at all possible Now here's what we tell people if you ever stop for DUI Whether you have a CDL or not the cop says serve you've been drinking or ma'am have you been drinking or did you rob a bank? Or did you kill 10 people the answer is the same to all three? I'm not going to answer questions or do any tests until I talk to my lawyer that way you haven't lied and you Haven't confessed you call us We have a 24-hour answering service service 24-hour pager myself over my lawyers will call you back So that's 602 307 0808 put it in your phone right now into the word lawyer You'll never forget it. Just go to lawyer. Give us a call If you're out and you have a CDL and you've been drinking here's my advice the minute you order a third beer Or a third drink take an uber take a cab Don't even risk it because driving is your livelihood So if you've been arrested or charged or a friend or a loved one's been charged give us a call We'll meet with you for free. It doesn't cost anything, but it'll take about 30 minutes We'll go over your case with you from top to bottom in our office And I can help detail in more depth how CDLs are affected by DUI allegations. Take care