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"The penalty for Driving While Impaired or a DWI accident in the United States is one will lose their license, they will have to pay an expensive fine, your insurance will increase, one could be looking a jail time depending on the severity, and are then required to install an ignition interlock system which when the person goes to start their vehicle they will be asked to blow into the machine to make sure they are not impaired."

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