Driving while impaired is a serious offence in this state and attracts certain North Carolina drunk driving penalties. The exact level of penalties depends upon an array of different factors, which have been described below. Even the refusal to take the chemical test when stopped under the suspicion of impaired driving attracts certain penalties. As per the Implied Consent law, you must take the test when asked to else your driving license will immediately be suspended for an initial period of thirty days; this will followed by a court hearing, where the court may impose an addition twelve months of suspension if you are found guilty.