Save Your CDL (by DaytonDUI)

I Fight For Commercial Drivers

Ohio Revised Code 4506.16 sets for the ways that you can be disqualified or lose your commercial driver’s license.

• 4506.16(D)(5) If you are convicted of two “serious traffic violations” within a three (3) year period, your commercial driver’s license will be suspended for sixty (60) days.
• 4506.16(D)(6) If you are convicted of three “serious traffic violations” within a three (3) year period, you commercial driver’s license will be suspended for 120 days.

If you receive a conviction of any of the following, your commercial driver’s license will be suspended for one year:

• 4506.15(A)(2) You have a BAC of .04% or more
• 4506.15(A)(5) You have one conviction of driving under the influence of a controlled substance
• 4506.15(A)(6) You have one conviction of using the commercial vehicle in the commission of a felony.
• 4506.15(A)(7) Refusing to submit to a blood, breath or urine test will also result in a one year suspension of your CDL.

NOTE: If you are convicted of any of the above while operating a vehicle placarded for hazardous materials your disqualification increases to three years pursuant to O.R.C. 4506.16(B)(6).

A second conviction under any of the following statutes results in a lifetime suspension of your CDL, the so-called “Death Penalty.”

• 4506.15(A)(2) You have a BAC of .04% or more
• 4506.15(A)(5) You have a second conviction of driving under the influence of a controlled substance
• 4506.15(A)(6) You have a second conviction of using the commercial vehicle in the commission of a felony.
• 4506.15(A)(7) Refusing to submit to a blood, breath or urine test.
• 4506.15(D) Leaving the scene of a traffic crash.