Transcript What a night out can cost if you don`t #PlanAhead?

Avoid a Costly Minute
Headed to dinner with friends
Arrive at the restaurant
A cocktail at the bar while waiting for a table
A couple of drinks with dinner
In the car headed home
Swerved to miss another vehicle
Pulled over by a police officer for
crossing into another lane of traffic
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Blew into a breathalyzer
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Taken to the jail, booked for Driving
Under the Influence (DUI)
What a night out can cost if you don’t #PlanAhead?
Court costs
$250 to $1500
Legal fees
$2,000 to hire a lawyer
$5,000 if you go to trial
License reinstatement
$250 - $500
Counseling or drug
rehabilitation course
(if required)
$100 to $500
Ignition interlock
(required in some states)
$100 setup fee
$50-$100 monthly rental fee
(average 3 months for first
offense)
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*Multiple sources. Costs vary from state to state.
What a night out can cost if you don’t #PlanAhead?
Insurance rate increase
$1,000 - $1500
Most insurance companies classify DUI
offenders as high-risk drivers and raise rates
significantly. The amount can double or triple
with repeat offenses and can last at least
three years.
Loss of income
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$1,000 to $4,000
Jail, court time, community service, loss of
driving privileges, to name a few, can take you
away from work anywhere from one to four
weeks. Based on the 2014 national median
salary of $52,000 this can equate to a loss of
$1,000-$4,000.
What a night out can cost if you don’t #PlanAhead?
…YOU’RE LOOKING TO PAY
BETWEEN
$4,850 - $12,900*
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*Multiple sources. Costs vary from state to state.
Additional costs you may face
Possible job loss and damage to
professional reputation
Strained or broken
family relationships
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Additional costs you may face
Difficulty finding a job due to
criminal record
Limited options due to bad
credit from criminal record
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Or…
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Before heading to dinner with friends, you
have PLANNED AHEAD for a designated
driver or other sober ride home.
Cost of getting home with a plan?
…YOU’LL PAY ABOUT
$25 for a 10-mile ride home*
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*Source: Taxifarefinder.com
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…a minute can change everything.
#PlanAhead