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Michigan enforces boating under the influence the same way it enforces drunk driving on the road.

Operating a boat with a BAC of .08 or higher carries the same penalties as an OWI, including jail time, fines up to $500, and a criminal record that follows you long after the lake dries up for winter. Law enforcement ramps up marine patrols every summer, and they pull boaters over for the same field sobriety testing you'd see on a highway.

If you're heading out on the water this summer, know that an OWI on the lake is treated the same as an OWI on the road.

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