| If you are stopped by a police officer and asked to | | | | blood-alcohol content (BAC) level. The legal BAC limit in |
| submit to a breathalyzer test, you have the legal right | | | | Wisconsin is 0.8; however, other states may accept |
| to refuse to take the test, however, refusing to take | | | | BACs as high as 0.10. |
| the test carries several consequences. When you first | | | | There are several situations in which the breath test |
| received your license, you signed several forms. | | | | machine may not accurately read your breath's BAC |
| Signing these forms also meant that you agreed to | | | | level. If the test is not administered as police training |
| show your license and proof of insurance when asked | | | | regulates, your BAC results may be inaccurate, leading |
| by a police officer, perform field sobriety tests, and | | | | to false accusations of DUI charges. Also, various |
| agreed to complete blood, urine, and breath tests if | | | | sugar-free products contain sugar alcohols, leading |
| asked to by a police officer. This is known as "implied | | | | breath tests to be inaccurate depending on what was |
| consent" and means that if you refuse to take the | | | | in your mouth just before the test was administered. |
| tests, your license will be automatically suspended | | | | Although these types of alcohols do not compare to |
| whether or not you are convicted of DUI charges. | | | | the effect that drinking alcohol has on the body, they |
| Also, if you refuse to take the breath test, a police | | | | may cause the breath test machine to show an |
| officer may arrest you for probable cause. Although it | | | | inaccurate BAC number. Finally, if the machine is not |
| is your right to refuse to take the breath test, it is | | | | correctly calibrated and maintained, your BAC reading |
| important to know that charges may still be brought | | | | may be inaccurate. An experienced and skilled DUI |
| against you in a court of law. | | | | defense lawyer will inquire about the calibration of the |
| When the breath test is administered the office will | | | | breath test machines to discover whether any |
| ask you to blow into a small machine. The machine | | | | charges of DUI are valid. |
| then uses an infrared light to determine your | | | | |