BUT,
by taking the breath test and failing it, that is a.08 % breath alcohol or greater, then your license is suspended anyway, PLUS the State now has really good evidence that they WILL use against you to prove that you were driving drunk driving.
Not exact matches
If the defendant refused to
take the
breath test after being advised pursuant to the statutory language
by the police of the one - year sanction faced for a refusal (and the jail risked for a refusal where the defendant has prior refusal or DWI convictions), the first - offense sanction for so refusing is a civil offense carrying one year of no driving and no restricted driving privileges.
Mark politely admitted to having consumed two beers that evening, and was arrested
by the officer after
taking a
breath test.
Here as a post-script it is noted that the ILL - AFFECTS of HEARTBURN can and WILL falsely elevate ASD
tests to make the readings unreliable if a subject has alcohol from a recent drink undigested in his stomach and that subject regurgitates the contents within 15 minutes prior to
taking a
breath test on any ASD currently used
by the police in BC.
1552 (2013), Virginia's implied consent warning
by police to DWI suspects of the license suspension that follows unreasonable refusal to
take a
breath test, amounts to a non-consensual obtaining of blood under the totality of the circumstances and when considering consent search law, including Schneckloth v. Bustamonte, 412 U.S. 218, 93 S.Ct.
Forensic expert Nizar Shajani provided an expert report indicating that alcohol can last in the stomach for several hours and that vomiting up alcohol from the stomach to the mouth area can adversely affect
breath test readings on an ASD
by falsely elevating the
test results if proper precautions are not
taken by the police to ensure accurate
breath testing.
If the driver is
taken back to the detachment, it may be cleared up
by a Proper
Breath Test (PTB), which is
taken on an instrument approved for the purpose of collecting evidence.
If you are ever stopped for DUI, you may not trust the
breath test and want to refuse to
take the
test or you may even want to ask for a separate blood
test or
breath test by a lab of your choosing.
In Fedorov, a driver suspected of DUI was
taken by the trooper to a «BAC room» where the driver upon agreeing to
take a
breath test was required to wait for the fifteen minute mandatory observation period prior to a
breath test.
In relevant part, the Alcohol Breathalyzer Refusal Form advises the accused that he is required
by law to
take a
breath test and that a refusal to do so constitutes a violation of N.J.S.A. 39:4 - 50.2 and will result in a fine of not less than $ 250.00 and a license suspension of six months.
Arizona's «implied consent» law says that if you are lawfully arrested
by an officer who has reasonable grounds to believe that you have been driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, then you consent to
taking a chemical
test of your blood,
breath, or urine for the purpose of determining your blood alcohol content (BAC).
Blood alcohol concentration (BAC) is usually determined
by testing either a blood or a
breath sample
taken from the driver.
That depends...
by not
taking the
breath test your license to drive can be suspended for ONE year, but if you have a prior refusal, then your license can be suspended for ONE AND A HALF YEARS and this in and of itself is a crime (misdemeanor).
There was a farewell concert in Speers Point Park that none of my friends were allowed to attend because it was the HSC... so my mum
took me and got a thrill out of being
breath tested on the way in and being gawped at
by Tim Finn as she stood jammed against the stage with her powder blue cardy and grey, immaculately coiffed blow - dry.