| While you should never drive while intoxicated, in Austin | | | | limit, you can be arrested. If you refuse to take the |
| or anywhere else, it also helps to know the rules. What | | | | test, you will be assumed guilty, so it is worth doing the |
| exactly constitutes a Austin DWI violation? That is | | | | breath analysis in case you are actually below the limit. |
| what we will discuss here. The Austin DWI laws are | | | | While the blood alcohol content test is a legal Austin |
| quite strict and as long as you know what they are, | | | | DWI method of testing potentially drunk drivers, police |
| you can avoid a lot of serious problems. | | | | officers usually begin by administering a sobriety test. |
| An Austin DWI offense is regulated by the blood | | | | These are pretty standard all over the country, where |
| alcohol content. When a police officer stops you for | | | | you will be asked to touch your nose with alternating |
| suspicious driving, he is permitted to do a blood alcohol | | | | fingers, walk in a straight line and stand on one foot. |
| test on the driver of the car. This may be either a | | | | Should you fail this, you will be given the blood alcohol |
| breath test or a blood test, but it is completely legal | | | | test. If you fail the test, you will be arrested under |
| under Austin DWI law for the official to request it. If | | | | Austin DWI law and taken in to the police station. |
| your blood alcohol concentration is over .08, the legal | | | | |