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Title Minnesota’s Double-Barrelled Implied Consent Law: A 1983 Update of “Analytical Study of the Legal and Operational Aspects of the Minnesota Law Entitled ‘Chemical Test for Intoxication’”(DOT HS 806 170) by Robert H. Reeder
Record ID 25668
Personal Name
Creator
Lowery, Forst
Source viii, 121 p. : ill.
Corporate Creator Minnesota. Dept. of Public Safety
Corporate
Contributor
United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Publisher United States. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Publication Date 19831200
Language English
Abstract To ensure that a driver's license is revoked promptly when a test shows an alcohol concentration of 0.10 or more, regardless of court outcome or plea bargaining on the criminal charge, Minnesota adopted an administrative revocation law 1976, adding to the conventional implied consent revocation for refusing to take the test. This law was unique to Minnesota until 1981 when two other jurisdictions passed similar laws. In 1982 three more, and in 1983 thirteen more states established similar prompt revocation on test result systems. The author describes the Minnesota law as amended in 1982 and discusses legal and constitutional issues. Effect on apprehension rates, swiftness of sanction, deterrence and perceived risk are analyzed. The author concludes that a two-track DWI control system employing both prompt administrative driver license sanctions on one track and conventional court action on a related but not directly connected parallel criminal track enhances deterrence through more certain, swift penalty, perceived by drivers as severe. /Abstract from report summary page/
Rosap ID dot:1382
Rosap URL https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/1382
TRT Terms Implied consent laws; Drunk driving; Revocation; Legal factors; State laws
General Subjects DWI enforcement
Classification NTL - SAFETY AND SECURITY - SAFETY AND SECURITY;
NTL - SAFETY AND SECURITY - Highway Safety;
NTL - SAFETY AND SECURITY - Human Factors;
NTL - LAWS AND REGULATIONS - State Laws and Regulations
Geographical
Coverage
Minnesota
TRIS Online
Accession No
394302
Contract Number DTNH22-82-C-05153
Report Number DOT-HS-806-549; GPO-1984-421-428-10016; NTIS-PB85112233
Availability NHTSA - Behavioral Safety Research
Resource type Research Paper
URL https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/25000/25600/25668/DOT-HS-806-549.pdf
Format PDF
Database NTL Digital Repository