What blood alcohol concentration triggers illegal per se administrative penalties for a driver holding a Nevada commercial driver license?
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A.
0.08%
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B.
0.02%
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C.
0.06%
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D.
0.04% Correct
The answer is "0.04%"
For the illegal per se administrative action listed in the DUI penalties table, a CDL holder's driving privilege is revoked at .04% or more but less than the .08% adult limit. Separate CDL consequences may apply for any detectable amount of alcohol.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. 0.08%
This is the general adult limit; a CDL holder is covered by the stricter .04% figure in the illegal per se table. This answer uses the familiar .08% DUI figure most drivers remember, missing that CDL holders fall under a stricter row in the same table.
B. 0.02%
This is the under-21 figure in the illegal per se table, not the .04% threshold listed for a person who holds a commercial driver license. This answer recalls that Nevada sets a tighter alcohol threshold for certain drivers and pins the .02% under-21 figure to CDL holders instead.
C. 0.06%
The manual uses no .06% cutoff; the CDL figure is .04% and the general adult figure is .08%. This answer splits the difference between the .04% CDL threshold and the .08% adult limit under the assumption CDL sits somewhere between them.
This question tests your knowledge of DUI & Impaired Driving in Nevada. Source: Nevada Driver Manual, "Penalties for DUI - Administrative Illegal Per Se Action," p.80..
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