Atlanta CDL DUI Lawyer

A Single DUI Can Result in The Loss Of Your Commercial Drivers License. Our Atlanta CDL DUI Lawyer provides aggressive defense against drunk driving charges. Call today for free consultation. Don’t risk your career and future. Start building your case today.

DUI while having a CDL is a serious matter that can result in a lifetime ban of your CDL. Even for a first lifetime DUI while having a CDL, your license can be suspended for up to a year. A second lifetime DUI can result in a lifetime CDL disqualification. Contact our DUI Lawyer for a free consultation.

Commercial drivers can be convicted of DUI per se with a 0.04 BAC if you were driving a commercial vehicle at the time. This is significantly lower than the 0.08 per se BAC level for non-commercial licensees. In addition, you will face a commercial disqualification if you refuse to take the State-administered chemical test as required by law.

CDL Speeding Ticket & Traffic Violations

A first conviction of any Major Traffic Violation will result in a one year disqualification of all commercial driving privileges. A second conviction will result in a lifetime disqualification, unless the second conviction occurred as part of the same incident as the first conviction of a Major Traffic Violation.

Also, a Serious CDL Traffic Violation may result in the disqualification of your commercial driving privileges for any person regardless of license class, whether the offense was committed in a commercial vehicle or non-commercial vehicle, and if the offense was committed in a jurisdiction other than the State of Georgia. Serious Traffic Violations include the following offenses:

Speeding 15 or more miles per hour above the posted speed limit;

• Reckless driving;
• Following another vehicle too closely;
• Improper or erratic lane change, including failure to signal a lane change;
• Any traffic violation in connection with a fatal accident, excluding homicide by vehicle as defined in Code Section 40-6-393;
• A railroad grade crossing violation in a non-commercial motor vehicle;
• Driving a commercial motor vehicle without obtaining a commercial driver’s license;
• Driving a commercial motor vehicle without a commercial driver’s license in the driver’s immediate possession;
• Driving a commercial motor vehicle without a commercial driver’s license of the proper class and endorsements for the specific vehicle
• being operated or for the passengers or type of cargo transported;
• Use of a wireless telecommunications device in violation of Code Section 40-6-241.2 while driving a commercial vehicle.

Our DUI Lawyer Can Help You Keep Your CDL License

In general, commercial drivers are held to higher and stricter standards than other licensees. Both federal regulations and Georgia law establish the criteria for commercial disqualifications, which withdraw the commercial driving privileges. Commercial disqualifications are generally triggered by traffic-related offenses. Speak with our Atlanta DUI Attorney for free consultation. Don’t risk your career, call today.

Sandy Springs/Atlanta DUI Lawyer

Richard N. Blevins, Jr.

Former Cobb Assistant District Attorney | Former Cobb Assistant Solicitor General | Former Baldwin Co. Sheriff’s Deputy | Former DeKalb County Police Officer | Former Milledgeville Police Officer | Former U.S. Army M.P.

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