A driver takes the breath test and it discloses a BAC of .08 percent or more. How long is the statutory summary suspension for a first offender?
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A.
Two years
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B.
Three months
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C.
Six months Correct
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D.
One year
The answer is "Six months"
A first offender who fails chemical testing at .08% or more gets a six-month statutory summary suspension. Choice D picks one year, which is the first-offender refusal length printed one sentence away and also the second-offender failure length; readers reciting the paragraph from memory grab a nearby one-year figure when the prompt asks about a first-offender failure.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. Two years
Two years is not a statutory summary suspension length for a chemical test failure; a first offender's failure at .08% or more triggers a six-month suspension. This answer reaches for the two-year medical cannabis card revocation printed earlier in the DUI chapter, because that is the only 'two years' figure nearby.
B. Three months
Three months is not a statutory summary suspension length in this law; a first offender's failure at .08% or more triggers a six-month suspension. This answer reaches for the shortest option out of leniency instinct, treating a first offense as lighter than the six-month figure the manual actually sets.
D. One year
For a first offender, one year is the suspension length for refusing chemical testing, not for failing it at .08% or more; the failure length is six months. One year is also the second-offender failure length, but this prompt asks about a first offender. This answer swaps the first-offender failure length for the refusal length printed one sentence later in the same paragraph.
This question tests your knowledge of DUI & Impaired Driving in Illinois. Source: Illinois Rules of the Road, "Statutory Summary Suspension/Revocation Law," p.49..
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