(AP) — Gov. Bobby Jindal wants to toughen the penalty for drivers who refuse to take a Breathalyzer test when they are suspected of drunken driving. Jindal says the current law seems to encourage the refusal to submit to the test. He wants the penalty for refusal to submit to match the penalties for failing the test. The governor’s office says right now, a person who refuses the test faces a driver’s license suspension of 180 days on a first offense. Jindal wants to change that to a minimum penalty of two years license suspension.–Contact The Daily Reveille’s news staff at [email protected]
Jindal proposes touger drunk driving law
By The Associated Press
March 3, 2009