Driving while intoxicated. A felony depending on circumstances.

Texas is one of the strictest states.

A first offense = up to 180 days in jail and/or a fine up to $2000.
A second offense is a Class A misdemeanor, potentially leading one year in jail, a fine up to $4,000, plus loss of driver's license for a year. A third or subsequent offense is a felony, resulting in 2 to 10 years in state prison or probation, a fine up to $10,000, and 2 years in prison.

From TXDOT
 

When I was young and stupid, I would go to "happy hour" with a lot of coworkers after work. There were a few times, I don't know how I drove home. I never did handle alcohol that well. I was lucky. I'm not proud of it, but it is what it is. Nowadays you not only have to worry about drunk drivers on the road, you have to worry about people high on dope or playing with their cell phones while driving.
 
In Pennsylvania, there is no one rule when it comes to sentencing. It depends on the driver’s BAC, how many former arrests and how much in fines the driver has previously paid. If the driver caused any damage to life or property, that also will increase the sentencing, including fines. If the driver was previously jailed, it’s likely to be increased for any additional charges. Fines are increased for each offense. Suspension of driving privileges will also be a factor.

A first time offender with no injuries or property damage would likely get a light sentence depending on his/her BAC.

I have arrested drunk drivers with 3 and 4 previous DUI’s and was driving without a license. A severe case such as this would net the driver at least 6 months in County, a $5000+ fine and 1-2 years license suspension. They would have to report to driver’s education classes and pay all their fines to get their license back. I have seen licenses revoked for life, if any personal injury was caused by the drunk driver.
 
I have never had a DWI but when
younger there were a couple times I should not have been behind the wheel.

I’d been hit by a drunk driver while in my 20’s. My car totaled and leaving me with some injuries and whip lash. He got a DWI.
Took me time to recover and eventually I did.
 
I once worked with someone who had 4 DUI's. He was bragging about them because each one was in a different state, therefore making each a first offense. It was then and there I became a federalist-- one license for the US one registry. I don't care if someone wants to drink, just don't drive a car or otherwise endanger innocent people. Just my opinion.
 
Flarbalard said:
I once worked with someone who had 4 DUI's. He was bragging about them because each one was in a different state, therefore making each a first offense.
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The Non Resident Violator Compact took care of that, not all States are members, but a DUI in one is a DUI in another eliminating spread out charges.
 
ohioboy said:
The Non Resident Violator Compact took care of that, not all States are members, but a DUI in one is a DUI in another eliminating spread out charges.
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It was quite some time ago. Would that also apply if the person had been a resident of the state at the time of the offense?
 
2015, 10 years ago, a woman by the name of Jennifer Neville Lake from Brampton, Ontario, Canada lost all of her three young children, ages 9, 5 & 2 and her father who was driving their new van at the time.

A very rich & entitled drunk driver Marco Muzzo was driving home to his country Estate at more than three times the legal bac limit coming home from his bachalor party when he slammed into the family's vehicle after failing to stop at a cross road stop sign on a country road.

He ended up with a sentence of 10 years but was out on full parol after 5 years. Of course he had the best lawer money could buy!

Ms. Lake's husband Edward comitted suicide the day after Father's Day 7 years after the death of their children and now she lives alone having to navigate those horiffic memories every day for the rest of her life. It should also be noted, Ms. Neville Lake has refused a very sizable offer of compensation money in relation to this event from the Muzzo family. I suppose she didn't want them to feel better about what he did just because he had paid her off?

Something Ms Neville Lake wrote after her husband Edward took his own life:
"The eyes he shared with Harry are forever closed. Daniel's curls will never shine in the sunlight again. I will never see Milly's shy smile creep across his lips anymore. My children's father, Edward Lake, has joined our kids so they can play together, forever."
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Sometimes there's just NO penalty that can wipe away the horror others who had no choice in the matter must face for a lifetime :cry:
 

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