Can a CDL Holder be Charged With DUI Below 0.08 in Illinois?

Aug 12, 2026

Can a CDL Holder be Charged With DUI Below 0.08 in Illinois? Combs Waterkotte attorney Joshua Boardman discusses everything you need to know about Illinois DUI criminal charges, including first-time DUI, second DUI, Illinois DUI laws, DUI defense strategies, CDL DUI charges, and more.

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Scott Michael Dunn: Can a CDL holder be charged With DUI if they blow below 0.08 in Illinois?

Joshua Boardman: So you can be. It would be based on circumstantial evidence. So, yes, you can still be charged if you blow under. If there’s other circumstantial evidence that would be at play or evaluated by law enforcement, your outward sides of impairment, different things like that.

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