Insurance adjusters and defense lawyers may throw around labels like "super extreme DUI" to make a driver sound especially reckless, push blame onto an injured person, or suggest a crash was bound to happen. That can be powerful language in negotiations, but the legal meaning is narrower than the rhetoric.

"Super extreme DUI" is not a standard drunk-driving charge in Washington. Broadly, it is a heightened DUI category used in some states for very high blood alcohol concentration, usually above a set threshold. The best-known example is Arizona, where A.R.S. § 28-1382 creates "Extreme DUI" and "Super Extreme DUI," with the latter applying at a BAC of 0.20 or more. Washington, by contrast, uses RCW 46.61.502 for DUI, and the basic alcohol threshold is 0.08 for most drivers. Washington law does not use the phrase "super extreme DUI."

That distinction matters in an injury claim. If a crash happened in Washington, calling someone "super extreme" does not automatically prove a particular charge, penalty, or level of fault. What matters is the actual evidence: BAC results, field sobriety tests, officer observations, and how the collision happened - especially when heavy rain, hydroplaning, or low visibility also may have played a role.

In a civil case, proven intoxication can still support negligence arguments and affect comparative fault. But dramatic wording is not a substitute for the right statute, the right facts, or the right jurisdiction.