You are arrested for DUI. The officer takes your driver's license at the scene. What are you given in exchange?
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A.
A permanent replacement license until court.
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B.
A court date and no driving privileges until resolution.
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C.
A temporary driver's license valid for 30 days. Correct
The answer is "A temporary driver's license valid for 30 days."
When you are arrested for DUI, the officer may take your license and give you a temporary one valid for 30 days, subject to DMV's Administrative Per Se suspension and the 10-day hearing request window. Choice B follows the assumption that an arrest immediately ends driving privileges, missing the 30-day temporary card California writes into the arrest process.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. A permanent replacement license until court.
The officer issues a temporary license, not a permanent replacement. This answer treats any card handed over at the scene as a permanent stand-in for the seized license, borrowing from the lost-or-stolen license replacement habit rather than the DUI arrest procedure.
B. A court date and no driving privileges until resolution.
The manual keeps driving legal on the 30-day temporary license, not stopped outright at the scene. This answer applies the general assumption that an arrest immediately freezes driving privileges, overlooking the Administrative Per Se procedure that hands over a 30-day temporary card at the arrest.
This question tests your knowledge of DUI & Impaired Driving in California. Source: California Driver Manual, "DUI Arrests," p.74..
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