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2. Moving Violations
If you are convicted of a speeding violation, or other
moving violation, the Missouri Department of Revenue
assesses points against your driver's record, depending
on where you received the ticket and the severity of the
offense. If the Department of Revenue assesses 8 points
against your driver's record within eighteen months, your
license will be suspended for 30 days. If 12 points are
assessed, your license will be revoked for 1 year. Note,
however, you can apply for a hardship license asking the
court for permission to go to and from work if your
license is suspended or revoked.
3. Driving While Intoxicated
In Missouri, by exercising the privilege of driving, it
is implied that you consent to taking a blood or alcohol
test to determine your blood alcohol content if a law
enforcement officer suspects that you are intoxicated
while driving. If you refuse to take the test, your
license will be revoked for one year. If you take the
test and register .08 percent or higher, your license
will be suspended for thirty days. If you are convicted
of driving while intoxicated, you can be fined up to $500
and confined in the county jail for up to six months for
the first offense. For the second offense, you can be
fined up to $1,000 and confined in the county jail for up
to one year.
The
third or subsequent offense is a felony and you can be
fined up to $5,000 and confined in the county jail for up
to one year or imprisoned in the state penitentiary for
up to five years. In all cases you may be eligible for
probation for a period of time.
4. Abuse and Lose Law
As per the Missouri driving law, if you are under 21
years old and are operating a motor vehicle with either
alcohol or illegal drugs in your possession, your
driver's license will be revoked for 90 days. This is a
tough law because it can affect you even if you are not
drinking or taking drugs. The Abuse and Lose law also
requires that your license be revoked for 90 days if you
commit any of the following offenses:
- Any alcohol related traffic offense; or
- possessing or using an illegal drug; or
- altering a driver's license; or
- trying to use someone else's driver's license.
Second and subsequent offenses result in one year
suspension.
5. Driving With a Suspended or Revoked License
If you are convicted of driving with a suspended or
revoked license, you face a minimum mandatory forty-eight
hour jail sentence unless you live in a community which
has a program allowing you to complete forty hours of
community service work instead of serving forty eight
hours in jail.
6. Driving with Open Containers
It is an infraction for the operator of a motor vehicle
to consume alcoholic beverages.
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