DWI, or drink driving, is a serious offense that can result in fines, court costs, and imprisonment. Aggravated DWI, with harsher punishments, can occur if a child is in the car, a person causes damage or injury, or if a person’s BAC is significantly higher than the legal limit. Multiple convictions lead to increasingly severe punishments, including the loss of driving privileges.
DWI, or drink driving, is the title some states give to the offense of operating a vehicle under the influence of excessive alcohol or other mind-altering substances. In most jurisdictions, maximum penalties are outlined for this crime. In some jurisdictions, however, the law considers circumstances that aggravate the crime, such as having a child in a car. This is commonly known as aggravated DWI and generally results in harsher punishments.
A DWI is a crime that is taken quite seriously in most jurisdictions. Conviction often leads to multiple consequences. These include fines, court costs and imprisonment. There are several things, however, that can upgrade a drink-driving charge to aggravated DWI, meaning the case is likely to be adjudicated more severely and the punishments likely to be more severe.
In New York, for example, a person caught driving with a BAC of 08 is subject to a DWI conviction. If a person is caught with a BAC of .18, however, they can be charged with aggravated DWI. The trend for escalation of charges when a person’s BAC is several times higher than the allowable threshold is not limited to New York, but rather exists in a number of jurisdictions.
The damage can also lead to a person being charged with aggravated DWI. When a person drives under the influence and injures another person in doing so, in many jurisdictions it makes his charge more severe. The same is true in some cases when a person causes damage to public or private property.
In many cases, the law frowns on the danger to children. DWI charges, in many jurisdictions, are no exception to this reality. If a person is caught driving while intoxicated and there is a minor in the car, they could face an aggravated DWI charge.
When a person is convicted of drunk driving, it is common practice to have their driver’s license suspended. In some cases, people may be able to obtain conditional licenses that allow them to drive to work. In many jurisdictions, conviction for an aggravated DWI eliminates this possibility.
In most states, the punishments for DWI offenses become more severe as a person is convicted multiple times. The same tendency exists when a person is convicted of more than one aggravated DWI. This is usually true even if the aggravating circumstances are not the same in all of your cases.
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