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MODIFIED POSITION OF ATTENTION
You will receive polite instructions to place both feet together and allow your head to tilt backward. Standing in this position you will be told to lift both arms in an outstretched and rigid fashion-and assume this posture until told to relax.

Try this test alone, when you haven't had anything to drink at all, and you will find yourself swaying slightly from side to side, or front to back. All people sway in this position.

Some more than others and some less, depending on height, weight, equilibrium and general health. Testimony by officers under cross examination in court trials reveal that everyone tested will sway to some degree, no matter what the intoxication level is.

FINGER TO NOSE
This is a test of accuracy and coordination. You must follow these instructions: take the index finger of your right hand, touch the tip of your nose. You must do this from the position of an outstretched arm, bringing only the fore¬arm around to make contact. Having done this, now stretch out the left arm, bringing the forearm about to make contact between the left index finger and the tip of the nose. The procedure is then repeated: right hand, then left again.

If your are a nervous person or agitated because of this bizarre experience, this test is difficult even with a low blood alcohol level. Shivering hands and shaking limb may have as much to do with a satisfactory performance as how much you've had to drink.
A sliding finger is the criteria of performance. If a finger successfully reaches a nose tip and slides, woe be to the owner of that finger. Or the finger may at first reach the middle of the nose, and slide down to the tip. That's even worse. Failure to keep your eyes closed as directed adds to greater suspicion of impairment.

ALPHABET RECITATION
You will be asked to recite the alphabet from A-Z. That seems simple enough, and it will be unless you are impaired. How much of the alphabet you remember will depend on the degree of your impairment, but let me caution you. Under the grotesque circumstances, even a mild intake of alcohol, combined with your anxieties of the moment, may cause a temporary lapse of memory.

HEEL TO TOE
Perhaps the most difficult of all the Field Sobriety Tests is the placing of the heel of your right foot to the toe of your left foot; and then the heel of your left foot to the toe of your right foot. Your arms must be rigidly out-stretched, parallel to the ground, or at your side, depending on the officer's choice at the time.

Your head and eyes must be faced for-ward. You cannot look down when adjusting your heels to your toes. And any distractions such as auto horns and traffic noises, spotlight red flashers, and the pounding of your own heart, may not be used as an excuse to follow these instructions incorrectly.

Take six steps forward, turn around and take six steps back to the point of origin. Keep your arms up please, do not look down. No space between heel and toe.

The DUI criminal charge is prosecuted and adjudicated in the courts. This is in addition to the statutory summary suspension, which is an administrative process. If a person is convicted of DUI, the amount of time that privileges were lost due to a summary suspension is credited to the minimum drivers license revocation period.

Full driving privileges are lost for a minimum of three years if a driver receives a second conviction for DUI, leaving the scene of a personal injury or fatal crash, reckless homicide or any combination of these offenses in a 20-year period.

If a driver receives a third or subsequent conviction of these offenses, full driving privileges will be lost for a mini-mum of six years.
If a driver is convicted of DUI in another state, Illinois driving privileges will be revoked. If an Illinois driver refuses to submit to chemical testing in another state, Illinois driving privileges will be suspended.

Driving privileges will be reinstated at the end of the statutory summary suspension period unless the court instructs the Secretary of State otherwise. Before driving privileges can be reinstated:

Other suspensions or revocations on the driving record must be cleared.

A $60 reinstatement fee must be paid to the court. Of this fee, $30 goes to the Department of Alcoholism and Sub-stance Abuse to help defray the cost of professional alcohol and drag evaluations for qualified indigent offenders.

A reinstatement becomes valid when it is entered on the driver's record in the Secretary of State's office. To legally drive, the driver must receive a letter from the Secretary of State's office acknowledging reinstatement.

All of these driving situations require a police report by an officer on the scene, and the odds are strongly against the driver who smells of alcohol. This report will be evaluated by your insurance company and might cause an increase in rate or the cancellation of your policy.
The driver's roulette wheel doesn't stop only for more serious possibilities.
There are all those countless moving violations, known as "infractions" which could very well mushroom into a misdemeanor violation of D.U.I., after being stopped, by a patrol car. When you're drinking and driving, you just can't win! You may be driving along very adeptly, with an alcohol blood level of only .02% or .03%-much below the guideline of .10%, and some other driver passes a red light and side swipes your car-or a driver might be tail-gating you, and rear end your automobile. You might collide in a dozen ways which may not be your fault, but once you are confronted by an officer on the scene, and you are observed to have a breath aroma of alcohol-you are a "loser".

A jay walking pedestrian, a home owner's pet darting out of left field may not be your fault, but the supposition of guilt will be upon you. A faulty master cylinder causing your brakes to malfunction, sending your vehicle careening into a crowd, may not be your fault, but you might be tried for felony manslaughter if the accident caused a death, and you were under the influence or even smelled of alcohol.

You may not be convicted if you can prove your innocence, and that means attorneys and that means fees and time away from work. And, if you don't have the financial capabilities a public defender might suggest that you accept a "plea bargain" offer of a lesser offense contingent upon your plea of guilty. It is no secret that many a plea bargain has been accepted by a defendant because of an inability to afford extensive legal work performed by highly skilled lawyers.

Let's have a look at the infractions which may give probable cause for a cruising patrol unit to activate a siren and flashing red lights, causing your heart to pound with fear, apprehension and anxiety. And I'll tell you just how it plays-step by step. Search for DUI insurance in your state - compare lowest quotes online.

PEDESTRIAN INJURY
It won't matter whose fault it is. If there is liquor on your breath, there is a good chance that you will be arrested for drunk driving - D.U.I.-a misdemeanor.
PEDESTRIAN HOMICIDE
It won't matter whose fault it is. If there is liquor on your breath, there is a good chance that you will be arrested for D.U.I.-a felony (Vehicular Manslaughter)
COLLISION - NO INJURY
It won't matter whose fault it is. If there is liquor on your breath, there is a good chance that you will be arrested for D.U.I.-a misdemeanor.
Also: Loss of use of vehicle during repair time and cost of towing, car rental and repairs.
COLLISION - WITH INJURY
It won't matter whose fault it is. If there is liquor on your breath, there is a good chance that you will be arrested for drunk driving - D.U.I.-a misdemeanor.
Also: Loss of use of vehicle during repair time and cost of towing, car rental and repairs.
Also: Injury to self, leading to hospitalization and expenses.
Also: Possible permanent maiming or crippling to ones self or other party.
Also: Loss of work time on job or business, leading to loss of income.
COLLISION - DEATH
It won't matter whose fault it is. If there is liquor on your breath, there is a good chance that you will be arrested for drunk driving - D.U.I. - felony (Vehicular Manslaughter)
Also: All the aforementioned.

1. Have an open discussion with your spouse, companion, or friends about your determination not to drink and drive; and refrain from drinking on that occasion, or designate one person to do the driving, who will abstain from alcohol.
2. Arrange a rotation plan for "designate'* drivers, who will refrain from drinking on alternate occasions.
3. A non-drinking designate driver must order non alcoholic beverages, even though the cost may be the same as for an alcoholic beverage.
4. If there is no designate driver available order a cab, well in advance of the time required, with instructions for a specific pick up time.
5. Contact a local College Employment office re-questing an interview with a student for part time driving chores.
6. Investigate possibilities of hiring a retiree in your neighborhood for part time driving chores.
7. Arrange reciprocal "chauffeur' agreements with friends and neighbors.
8. Seek out new and old non-drinking friends who can be relied on to drive, in exchange for your hospitality.
9. Make an unalterable pledge to abstain from driving on any occasion when you know that you will be drinking.
10. Cancel your plans if you are driving and you know that you will be drinking at your destination.