The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
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Subchapter
013
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DRUNKEN DRIVING
(Cite as: 23 V.S.A. § 1218)
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§ 1218. Commercial motor vehicles; 0.04
(a) A person shall not operate, attempt to operate, or be in actual physical control of
a commercial motor vehicle:
(1) when the person’s alcohol concentration is 0.04 or more; or
(2) when the person is under the influence of alcohol; or
(3) when the person is under the influence of any other drug or under the combined influence
of alcohol and any other drug to a degree that renders the person incapable of driving
safely.
(b) A violation of this section shall result in disqualification from driving a commercial
motor vehicle as provided in section 4116 of this title or in suspension of the privilege to operate a commercial motor vehicle as provided
in section 4116a of this title. Those provisions of section 1205 of this title that establish a procedure for civil suspensions shall apply to this section, except
that where that section refers to alcohol concentration it shall be deemed to refer
to an alcohol concentration of 0.04. (Added 1991, No. 88, § 13, eff. April 1, 1992; amended 1999, No. 160 (Adj. Sess.), § 25; 2017, No. 83, § 161(4).)