RI CDL DUI

Refusing a chemical analysis while operating a commercial vehicle is listed in § 31-10.3-31(b)(2)(v) as a disqualifying offense in its own right. A first refusal carries the same 1-year minimum as a DUI conviction, and a second falls under the lifetime revocation in subsection (b)(4).

No. Section 31-10.3-37 prohibits the district court or traffic tribunal from masking, deferring imposition of judgment, or allowing a CDL driver into a diversion program that would keep a traffic conviction off the record, in any type of vehicle.

Yes. Subsection (n) of § 31-10.3-31 makes every CDL holder subject to disqualification under 49 CFR 383.51(b) through (e), the federal rule that reaches DUI convictions in non-commercial vehicles.

Under § 31-10.3-31(b)(2), the administrator must suspend the commercial license or privilege for at least 1 year on a first violation. With placarded hazardous materials on board, subsection (b)(3) raises that to not less than 3 years.

Under § 31-10.3-31(a), driving, operating, or exercising physical control of a commercial motor vehicle with a blood alcohol concentration of .04 percent or greater is DUI. Subsection (b)(1) also bars driving a commercial vehicle with any alcohol in the system.