The Labor Day efforts of New Hampshire police units to increase sobriety checkpoints and saturation patrols looking for signs of possible drunk or impaired driving (DUI) were only part of a much larger movement. A nationwide effort to prevent impaired driving and arrest drivers suspected of violating DUI laws went into effect on Labor Day, […]
Category Archives: DUI/DWI
An NH driver with a commercial driver’s license (CDL) faces harsh consequences if convicted of DWI. Commercial driver’s license holders may see their licenses suspended for up to one (1) year if they are convicted of driving a commercial motor vehicle, like a semi-truck or bus, or even a non-commercial vehicle, with a blood alcohol […]
New Hampshire laws regarding boating while intoxicated contain the same severe consequences as a New Hampshire DWI conviction. Not only can you potentially lose your boating license, but your driver’s license is in jeopardy as well. “Operation Dry Water,” is a federally funded program aimed at reducing the number of alcohol and drug-related accidents and […]
Like many U.S. states, New Hampshire is an “implied consent” state. This means that, by accepting a New Hampshire driver’s license, drivers have automatically agreed to take a chemical test for blood alcohol concentration, or BAC, whenever an officer requests one. The most common chemical test asked for is a breath test, but blood tests […]
When a New Hampshire driver is arrested for or convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol or other drugs (DUI), the state’s Division of Motor Vehicles may suspend that driver’s license. The suspension may last up to three years, depending on how many prior DUI convictions are on the driver’s record. A driver with […]
Ignition interlock devices are one penalty New Hampshire courts impose on drivers who have been convicted of one or more instances of driving under the influence (DUI). Although they allow a person who has received a DUI conviction to drive, they restrict the driver’s ability to operate the vehicle if he or she has imbibed […]
The Portsmouth city police announced recently that the sobriety checkpoint that had been scheduled for June 27 was being rescheduled for the weekend of July 16, according to a recent news report from the Seacoast Online. The checkpoint was canceled in June because of thunderstorms. City police will work together with troopers from the New Hampshire […]
Most people think of New Hampshire’s driving under the influence (DUI) laws as prohibiting driving while under the influence of alcohol. However, New Hampshire’s DUI laws also prohibit drivers from driving under the influence of various drugs. A person charged with driving while on controlled drugs may hear their case called a “DUID,” or “driving […]
A report from the national Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) recently stated that young drivers face an increased risk of being injured or killed by drunk driving over the Fourth of July and other summer holiday weekends, especially if they’ve been drinking themselves. According to a recent article from MSNBC, teenage boys are […]
New Hampshire’s law enforcement teams pride themselves on enforcing some of the toughest driving under the influence (DUI) laws in the country. But is this really the case? When it comes to tough drunk driving laws, how does New Hampshire stack up? Like all other U.S. States, New Hampshire has a per se DUI law, which makes […]