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You just lost your license, because by refusing to take one you are basically admitting guilt in the states eyes.
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If you refuse a breathalyzer you will lose your license for 1 year. If you get a good lawyer you might get the DUI charges dropped. The money you spend on an attorney will be a lot cheaper in the long run. To avoid all of this, just don't drink and drive.
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If you look at the back of your drivers' license it says "Operation of a motor vehicle constitutes consent to any sobriety test required by law". If you refuse, you are then obstructing justice. Not a good thing.
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the answer to this depends on how much money you have and how good your lawyer is. If you are broke, you just screwed yourself. I have seen people of means have lawyers get charges reduced or dropped by refusing. Celebrities do it all the time.
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The option exists for you to refuse, but they make the penalty so bad that its not worth it unless you already KNOW that if you do consent, you will screw yourself worse than if refused. In some states... I don't even think you have a choice?
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You are basically saying that you are drunk but don't want to get caught. If you aren't drunk then what's the problem? Take the test and prove the cop wrong.
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I think it varies from state to state.
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Well, in my state it's an automatic arrest if you refuse the breath test and appear intoxicated to the officer. If arrested for DWI and/or DUI you will be taken to a police station (or detention or medical center) and asked to provide a breath, blood or (less often) urine sample for chemical BAC analysis. Chemical BAC tests are covered by “implied consent” laws. All US states have enacted implied consent laws. Under these laws, the act of applying for and obtaining a driver’s license implied your consent to submit to a chemical BAC test if lawfully arrested for DWI or DUI. This means that: * You do NOT have the right to refuse a BAC test when arrested for DWI and/or DUI. * You must submit to a BAC test even if you have already taken a breath test at the roadside. * There are severe penalties for refusing a chemical BAC test.
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Well it depends state to state. Really heard in some states, its better to refuse. At least lawyers suggest that. But why risk it? Get a designated driver....or just stay home. trust me, worse things can happen, then risk getting pulled over. ...ask the guy who was put in jail for killing my best friend, cause he was drinking and driving. He got jail and gave many a life sentence. Don't risk it!
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it's pretty bad... Bad ASS
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Don't refuse but request a blood/alcohol test. They are supposed to take you to the police station or hospital ER to draw your blood. It takes longer and more alcohol will be out of your system. You are not refusing to comply but you are buying time. Better yet~~~don't drink and drive the life saved might be mine!!
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In the UK they treat this as the same as drink driving by refusing you are basically admitting guilt, why else would you refuse. The punishment is the same as drink driving the record on your licence will be coded differently as they have no measurement to charge you with drink driving. In the UK they treat this as serioulsy as drink driving if not more so because it fustrates them when you wont comply.
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in my state you can refuse a field sobriety or breathalyzer...of course then you get to ride to the station and take a blood test...so either way you go to jail. You might as well just take the breathalyzer and who knows maybe you will get a cop who's shift is almost over and he'll go light on you.
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its the best thing you can do.. i got a DUI before and this is what my lawyer told me. if it ever happens again, refuse the breathalyzer, and refuse the roadside sobriety test, this way, when you go to court, there will be no evidence, and itll be much easier to get off with a lesser charge like wreckless driving or something.
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It depends where you live. Where I live refusal to give a breath sample carries the same penalty as being over the limit.
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Where I live, you have the right to refuse, but you lose your license for one year. If you've had so many DUI's and other violations that one more might cause you worse trouble than the loss of license for a year, then go ahead and refuse.
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You do not have the right to refuse in Ireland and you could be prosecuted under the Road Traffic Act 1994.
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In arkansas a man got pulled over for DWI, child endergment(9year old girl), refusing a breath test, driving left of center and a revolked drivers license. For a previous DWI. Got out on a $2500. bond! $250 with a bondsman.
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