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1. Is my driver's license automatically suspended when I get an OWI?

If you take a chemical test and the results are .08 alcohol concentration or more, your license will be automatically suspended. If you refuse to take test(s), the penalties and consequences are more serious.

2. How long is my driver's license revoked if I refuse the Intoxilyzer test?

One to three years. It is mandatory one year for the first offense.

3. Can you have alcoholic beverages in your vehicle in Wisconsin?

No, you cannot have an opened container on your person in a motor vehicle on a public highway. Containers of alcoholic beverages with the seal broken must be transported in the trunk, or in a portion of the vehicle not normally occupied by passengers if the vehicle does not have a trunk. You cannot have an opened container in the glove compartment or center console. No one under the legal drinking age may transport intoxicants, opened or closed, except in the course of employment.

4. Can you drink alcohol in a motor home?

Open container laws apply to all motor vehicles, including motor homes and pickup campers. Motor buses which are designated to transport people and have a passenger carrying capacity of 16 or more and limousines are NOT included, but must have a hired chauffeur.

5. Can juveniles drink non-alcoholic beer?

Yes. For a drink to be considered alcoholic, it has to contain 0.5 percent or more of alcohol by volume. The amount of alcohol in non-alcoholic beer is so minimal that a person would have to drink a huge amount before this would register on a PBT.