Under 21: refusing the test
A free practice question for the South Carolina permit test, with the answer explained.
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You are 19 and an officer asks you to take an alcohol test. You refuse. How long do you lose your driving privileges?
The rule
If you are under 21 and refuse the alcohol or drug test, you lose the right to drive right away, for six months or more.
If you refuse the test, you lose your driving privileges immediately for at least six months.
From the SCDMV Driver's License Manual, page 3-7. This question is our own wording of that rule. The handbook and the DMV have the final word.
Often mixed up with
People confuse these rules with this one. Each has its own practice question.
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