| Okay, you have been pulled over by a police officer. | | | | not complying with chemical testing. |
| The officers have already asked for your license and | | | | Currently all states, automatically revoke a person's |
| registration, which you are needed to provide, and | | | | license if refusing to submit to chemical testing. Some |
| begins to make inquiries about your recent alcohol | | | | states enacted very harsher penalties- with jail time |
| consumption. If the officer suspects that you might be | | | | and revoke registration-for refusal of chemical testing. |
| intoxicated what you will do? | | | | So you may submit to chemical testing. While there |
| As the Fifth Amendment protects you from | | | | are benefits and drawbacks of chemical testing, |
| self-incrimination, you can refrain from answering any | | | | breath tests tend to be the least reliable method. Blood |
| questions that the police officer asks you. This won't | | | | tests are the most fair and accurate tests, although |
| mean that you need not have to tell the officer how | | | | these are not always offered to a suspect. If chemical |
| many drinks you had. You no need to answer the | | | | test shows that you have blood alcohol level of 0.08 or |
| interrogating questions. If you are scared that you may | | | | greater, it is enough to prove that you are officially |
| slur your words will cause your speech to stumble, you | | | | intoxicated and you may be under arrest on criminal |
| have the right to stay completely silent. | | | | DUI/DWI/OUI charges. There are circumstances |
| Do not get out of your car if not the officer asks you. | | | | where a lower BAC may draw out a DUI arrest. |
| Field sobriety tests are not the same as chemical | | | | As you must submit to chemical testing, these tests |
| testing. In most states, it is not compulsory by law to | | | | are not perfect and do not necessarily mean you will |
| complete these tests and refusal to obey cannot be | | | | be convicted of a DUI. So if you are charged with a |
| held against you. The breathalyzer is a device used by | | | | drunken driving crime, it is essential that you speak with |
| the police to decide your blood alcohol content. The | | | | a skilled and experienced attorney soon. In some |
| correctness of these tests is suspect. They always | | | | cases a DUI attorney can have the documentation of |
| will not present correct information about one's level of | | | | your chemical testing covered up so that it is not even |
| intoxication. The government has determined that | | | | presented as proof in your case. Your DUI lawyer |
| when you obtain a driver's license, it is a privilege that | | | | may be able to explain that your chemical test was |
| comes with certain obligations. By obtaining a license, | | | | not accurate and have the results deemed not |
| you have agreed to submit to chemical testing of your | | | | allowed in your case. In any of the case, it is wise to |
| blood, breath, or urine, at the request of a police officer. | | | | have an expert and experienced DUI attorney on your |
| If you refuse to obey chemical testing, such as the | | | | part. To study more on drunk driving and DUI laws in |
| Breathalyzer, you will get automatic vehicle sanctions. | | | | your area, please contact an experienced DUI |
| Usually your license will be automatically suspended for | | | | attorney near you. |