State of Illinois For more information, Illinois State Police or to request a safety ZERO TOLERANCE LAW presentation, you for Underage Drinking may send an email to the Teenage and Driving ISP Safety Zero Tolerance is a state law that went into effect on Education Unit at: Drinking and January 1, 1995, and provides for the suspension of driving privileges of any person under the age of 21 Safety_Education@isp. who drives after consuming alcohol. As the name Driving Zero Tolerance suggests, any trace of alcohol in a state.il.us young person’s system can result in a suspended or call 217/782-6637 driver’s license.

Possession or Consumption You can also visit us on of Alcoholic Beverages the web at: It is illegal for any person under the age of 21 to www.state.il.us/safety/ consume or possess, whether opened or unopened, alcoholic beverages. Penalties include: eduprogs.cfm • Driving privileges suspended for 6 months for a first conviction. • Driving privileges suspended for 12 months for a second conviction. • A maximum $2,500 fine and up to one year in jail. Improper Use of Illinois Driver’s License or ID Card You could spend up to three years in prison, face fines of up to $25,000, and have your driver’s license suspended if you: • Allow another to use your driver’s license or ID Card. • Use someone else’s driver’s license or ID Card to represent yourself. Printed by the Authority of the State of Illinois ISP Central Printing Section • Knowingly possess a fictitious or unlawfully altered Illinois State Police driver’s license or ID Card. Printed on Recycled Paper ISP 5-431 (6/17) 5M www.illinois.gov www.isp.state.il.us DID YOU KNOW? TEENAGE Underage Illegal The average college student spends more Transportation DRINKING AND money for alcohol than for books. DRIVING of an Alcoholic • Drivers under age 21 represent Beverage 10% of licensed drivers but are • Maximum fine of $1,500. involved in 17% of alcohol- • Driver’s license suspended for related fatal crashes. first conviction. • If you are arrested for DUI, you • Driver’s license revoked for a will be handcuffed and taken second conviction. to jail. • Illinois DUI laws for drivers under 21 years of age are Implied Consent tough and will affect your life for years. By driving on Illinois roadways, • Crashes are a leading cause of a driver agrees to submit to death for teens. testing for alcohol or other drugs. • Nationally, six individuals Refusing to submit to testing between the ages of 15 - 20 results in a longer suspension die in motor vehicle crashes of driving privileges than that each day. received for test failure. • About two in every five Americans will be involved in an alcohol-related crash at Attendance some time in their lives. • What will your parents say Required when you call home and tell them you are in jail? A person under age 21 found Legal Consequences of Underage Drinking and Driving guilty of DUI may be ordered by a judge, as a condition of probation or discharge, to participate in Parental First Underage DUI Conviction the Youthful Intoxicated Driver’s • Loss of driving privileges for a minimum of two years. Visitation Program. The offender Responsibility • Possible imprisonment for up to one year. will undergo a comprehensive • Maximum $2,500 fine. counseling session prior to Parents should know that it is Second Underage DUI Conviction visitation to determine if the a Class 4 felony, with possible • Loss of driving privileges for a minimum of five years. program is appropriate. If imprisonment of 1-3 years • Mandatory five days in jail or 240 hours of community service. approved, the offender may be and a fine of up to $25,000, • Possible imprisonment for up to one year. sent on a supervised visit to a to knowingly allow individuals • Maximum $2,500 fine. location where the results of under the age of 21 to drink in alcoholism or DUI crashes may their home if great bodily harm Third Underage DUI Conviction - Class 4 Felony be viewed. or death results from this action. • Loss of driving privileges for a minimum of 10 years. • Possible imprisonment of one to three years. • Maximum $25,000 fine.