What are the legal and financial consequences of DUI in Poland?

OWELL	Sep 13, 11, 14:00 #1
I always wondered what are the legal and financial consequesnces for DUI in Poland...does it also inform other member states of EU,car rental agencies?Then again whats the differnce of same incase one posess foreign license with International licence or Polish license?

OWELL	Sep 13, 11, 14:02 #2
Then again whats the differnce of same incase one posess foreign license with International licence or Polish license? I also forgot to ask if refusal to take test is an option?and what are the penalties then?

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Sep 13, 11, 14:10 #3

I always wondered what are the legal and financial consequesnces for DUI in Poland

Ban and a fine are minimum. Jail is possible. If you are more than double the limit, you can also have your car seized.

does it also inform other member states of EU,car rental agencies?Then again whats the differnce of same incase one posess foreign license with International licence or Polish license?

Your national licence will be taken from you and sent to your embassy so it can be sent home and cancelled.

if refusal to take test is an option?and what are the penalties then?

Refusal to take a test is a crime. If you are really drunk, they can and will legally force you to take a blood test (the justification is that they need to know what medical treatment you need).

OWELL	Sep 13, 11, 14:16 #4
Your national licence will be taken from you and sent to your embassy so it can be sent home and cancelled. Will the country its sent to also cancel the license?I guess its not the question for this forum.and jail? for how long? lol if the jail term is long do they provide sushi and curry there?

OWELL	Sep 13, 11, 14:20 #5
you can also have your car seized what if the car is financed in or in the foreign Eu country or even if its a rental?

PWEIThreads: 5 Posts: 894 Joined: Jul 28, 11 ♂	Sep 13, 11, 14:21 #6
what if the car is financed in or in the foreign Eu country or even if its a rental? That would be your problem.

pipThreads: 11 Posts: 1,293 Joined: Jul 4, 11 ♀	Sep 13, 11, 16:18 #7
a colleague of my husbands just got caught for drinking and riding a bike. He had four beer and then rode his bike. The court wouldn't even listen to his plea- he is banned from driving on public roads for one year. I like the guy but I totally agree with the sentence.

teflcatThreads: 6 Posts: 1,071 Joined: May 29, 11 ♂	Sep 13, 11, 16:21 #8
The court wouldn't even listen to his plea- he is banned from driving on public roads for one year. Meanwhile the cops do nothing about kamikaze cyclists in dark clothing and without lights.

PWEIThreads: 5 Posts: 894 Joined: Jul 28, 11 ♂	Sep 13, 11, 16:23 #9
a colleague of my husbands just got caught for drinking and riding a bike. He had four beer and then rode his bike. The court wouldn't even listen to his plea- he is banned from driving on public roads for one year. I know a guy who got six months in prison for riding his bike while drunk (he was riding a bike because he had lost his driving licence for driving while drunk).

teflcatThreads: 6 Posts: 1,071 Joined: May 29, 11 ♂	Sep 13, 11, 16:28 #10
I know a guy who got six months in prison for riding his bike while drunk I sold a car to a woman whose husband is banned for life. I didn't really want to ask why.

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Sep 13, 11, 18:29 #11

I sold a car to a woman whose husband is banned for life. I didn't really want to ask why.

You really wonder what you have to do here to get banned for life!

The court wouldn't even listen to his plea- he is banned from driving on public roads for one year.

This is going to change, apparently - to give the prosecutor discretion rather than the current situation where they absolutely must prosecute. Only when it comes to bike riding crimes, however.

(if you ask me, the law is targeted towards drunken moustache arseholes)

Wedle	Sep 13, 11, 21:52 #12
Will the country its sent to also cancel the license?I guess its not the question for this forum.and jail? for how long? lol if the jail term is long do they provide sushi and curry there? When is the court case " OWELL " have you got a lawyer yet or will you represent yourself.

OWELL

Sep 14, 11, 02:03 #13

Wedle
WAS just asking out of curiosity,cuz i had one 15 years back but got away with refusal same punishment as first dui but got got my car money back from insutance cuz first they refused but afterwards claiming that it was not dui but a refusal so they paid and secound time around 12 years back i took test and was considered first time cuz first time was refusal and after that had 10 years to be clean but i learnt and do it any more anywhere in states or in poland so wondered if people could get away with that technical law:)
LOL! now even if I smell alcohol I stop driving forget useing listerene:)

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