THE NEW OUI AND HABITUAL OFFENDER PROVISIONS

This report is intended to familiarize law enforcement officers of the state of Maine with differences between the old law and the new law they should know about which affect the arrest, blood alcohol testing and early prosecution stages. It contains: 1) Operating under the influence and operating with a blood alcohol level in excess of .10 (Stopping, Arrest and blood alcohol test stages; obtaining blood-alcohol tests, "refusals"; charging, first appearance, test results) and 2) New provisions concerning operation of suspensions and the habitual offender law.

• Corporate Authors:

  Maine Criminal Justice Academy

  93 Silver Street
  Waterville, ME  United States  04901
• Authors:
  • Ballou, P
• Publication Date: 0

Media Info

• Pagination: 13 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Arrests; Blood alcohol levels; Blood analysis; Driver licenses; Drunk drivers; Drunk driving; Law enforcement; Legal action; Police; Suspensions; Traffic violators
• Uncontrolled Terms: Driver license suspension
• Geographic Terms: Maine
• Old TRIS Terms: Blood tests; Habitual traffic violator
• Subject Areas: Highways; Law; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00395317
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-037 900
• Files: HSL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jun 30 1985 12:00AM