Your license can be suspended if you are under 21 and drive with a blood alcohol level of:
- 0.15 percent or more.
- 0.08 percent or more.
- Any amount. ✓
Answer: C. Any amount.
Any amount is the correct choice: for a driver under 21, the handbook’s under-21 alcohol rule starts at a BAC of 0.01% or higher, not at the higher levels.
Why this is the answer
The under-21 section says that if you are convicted of a DUI with a BAC of 0.01% or higher, DMV may revoke your driving privilege for one year, and you must complete a licensed DUI program. That is a near-zero standard. Because the question is about a driver under 21, the answer is the choice that treats any alcohol as enough to trigger the under-21 rule, rather than waiting for 0.08 or 0.15 percent.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. 0.15 percent or more. — This BAC is far above the 0.01% threshold the handbook gives for under-21 drivers, so it does not describe the under-21 rule.
- B. 0.08 percent or more. — This BAC is also above the 0.01% threshold in the under-21 passage, so it is not the standard that applies to a driver under 21.
Remember it
For a driver under 21, think near-zero: the handbook’s under-21 DUI threshold starts at 0.01%, not at the adult numbers.
Official handbook: California Driver Handbook (DL 600), Section 9: Alcohol and Drugs, p. 75