1. Minnesota Driver’s Manual - Chpt 7 & 8
Driver Education Program
LPHS

2. Your Driving Privileges
Driving is a PRIVILIGE not a right
Your driving privileges can be taken away

3. Suspension Your license can be suspended for
Repeated driving violation
Fail to stop for a school bus with it’s red lights flashing and the stop arm out
Failure to appear in court or pay fines
Failure to identify yourself to a police officer
Conviction of a Misdemeanor traffic violation in MN
Failure to pay child support
Violation of the “Not a Drop” law
Theft of gasoline

4. Revocation Your license can be revoked for
Refusing to take an alcohol test
Conviction of driving more than 100 mph
Fleeing a police officer
Failure to stop, identify yourself, and/or render aid at a crash scene
Driving without insurance
Selling or possessing a controlled substance while operating a motor vehicle
Driving under the influence of alcohol or a controlled substance or Driving While Intoxicated

5. Limited License
A limited license may be issued by the Department of Public Safety
Limited license allows you to drive only under certain conditions
Restrictions
To and From work
To and From chemical dependency treatment or counseling
To and From POST-SECONDARY school
Providing transportation to dependent children or family members for medical or education needs

6. Cancellation Your license can be cancelled for
A mental or physical disability that makes you incapable of driving safely
Fail a test that is legally required by the Dept. of Public Safety
Providing FALSE information on your license application
Commit certain crimes

7. Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol & Drugs
Minnesota Drivers Manual - Chapter 8

8. Alcohol & Drugs Affect the driver’s mental and physical abilities
Impaired drivers are involved in more than 1/3 of the deaths on Minnesota roads each year
Impaired driving crashes kill 240 people every year and injure thousands more

9. Effects of Alcohol on Driving Skills
Judgment
Fail to wear seatbelts, misjudge stopping distances, drive too fast
Vision
Decrease range of eye movement, reduced peripheral vision, blurred vision
Reaction Time
Slower response to traffic signals, other drivers actions, pedestrians

10. Effects of Alcohol on Driving Skills
Steering
Tend to over-steer, causing weaving
Perception
Do not notice sights and sounds
Coordination
Loss of balance and motor skills
Attention
Unable to focus attention on tasks of driving

11. Alcohol
12 oz Beer, 5 oz glass of wine, 9 oz wine cooler, & 1.5 oz hard liquor have the same amount of alcohol
This is NOT exact, things vary
Strong beer
Dark beer
Double shots

12. Effects of Alcohol The effect of alcohol on the body varies by factors
Age
Gender
Body weight
Mood
Food intake
Genetics

13. Lower Risk Choices Designated Driver Call a cab Call a friend
Stay overnight at a friend’s house
Take away the keys if a friend is impaired

14. Minnesota DWI Law
A person who has a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of 0.08 or higher, who is in control of a moving or parked vehicle can be arrested for Driving While Intoxicated (DWI)
If a Peace Officer can prove that alcohol caused the driver to commit driving errors, the driver can be arrested for DWI at BAC levels as low as 0.04

15. Implied Consent Law
When you apply for a driver’s license, you are agreeing to the Implied Consent Law
If a Peace Officer has probable cause to believe that a driver is impaired and in control of a motor vehicle, the driver is REQUIRED to submit to a test of Breath, Blood, or Urine

16. Implied Consent Law
Refusal to submit to this test is an ADDITIONAL crime
Applies to Boats, ATVs, Snowmobiles, Cars, Pickups
Refusal to test will result in the revocation of a driver’s license

17. Breath Test
On the road side, you will be asked to perform Standardized Field Sobriety Tests
You may also be asked to blow into an instrument called a Preliminary Breath Test (PBT)
This is NOT the mandated breath test from the Implied Consent Law
This is just another field sobriety test used to determine if you should be arrested

18. Breath Test
This is a PBT

19. Breath Test
This is the state mandated breath test instrument

20. DWI Penalties First Offense: Min. 90 day Revocation
May drop to 30 days if person pleads guilty to DWI
No work permit (limited license) until 15 day revocation period has passed and ALL reinstatement requirements are met
90 days jail and/or $1000 fine

21. DWI Penalties Second Offense:
Min. 180 day revocation if 2nd offense is within 10 years of 1st offense
Work permit issued only after half of the revocation period has passed and all reinstatement requirements are met
One year in jail and/or $3000 fine
License plates are impounded

22. DWI Penalties 3rd Offense Loss of license for 1 year
No work permit for a minimum of 1 year has passed
License is cancelled with DPS
Treatment and Rehab may be required
One year in jail and/or $3000 fine
Vehicle is forfeited and license plates seized
Jail or Max. bail with electronic home monitoring