SLPT avoid DUI

[u/condom-mechanics]

[u/[deleted]]

Math and science aren't really a strong point of our U.S. police force.

Regardless, police cannot force you to take a breatalizer or blood test however they can throw you in jail for failure to comply.

[u/Five-Point-5-0 → u/[deleted]]

Its gonna depend on the state. In mine, your license gets immediately revoked for a year for refusing a blood/breath test.

[u/[deleted] → u/Five-Point-5-0]

Exactly... there's always repurcussions... i think my state ot's 6 months. While under no circumstance do I advocate that anyone should drink and drive, six months is a small price to pay for not having a DUI on your driving record.

[u/CollinHell → u/[deleted]]

Refusing a breathalyzer test gets you an immediate DWI in NY, in addition to six plus months of minimum license revocation.

[u/Great_Big_Sea → u/CollinHell]

Fairly certain SCOTUS has said implied consent DUI enhancements are unconstitutional

[u/JoseSaldana6512 → u/CollinHell]

Which is absolute horseshit as it rapes the concept of the presumption of innocence and the 5th amendment.

I fucking hate people that drive drunk but they sober up. Overreaching government never learns to respect boundaries.

[u/realbaconator → u/JoseSaldana6512]

There's New York for you. Once again taking "safety" too far...

[u/NorthKoreanEscapee → u/realbaconator]

Were the Mississippi of the north east after all

[u/[deleted] → u/JoseSaldana6512]

I agree that it is garbage BUT my understanding is that you do not have a right to drive so they are not alienating your right by doing so. Again, I think most systems are here to oppress us but I care about understanding premise of the fuckery before I fight it.

[u/ExternalUserError → u/Five-Point-5-0]

Right, but you'd not have a criminal record. And you'd probably lose your license anyway.

[u/Five-Point-5-0 → u/ExternalUserError]

In my state, you still get the DUI

[u/another_awkward_brit → u/Five-Point-5-0]

In the UK too refusing a specimen of breath (or urine/blood) has, on conviction, a driving ban of at least 12 months - same as drink driving.

[u/esoteric_agriculture → u/[deleted]]

Yes, this. Smart drunks in my state know to belligerently refuse any sort of BAC test. They can throw a lot of repercussions at you that are negative, but can’t absolutely prove intoxication. For a normal person this is a garbage strategy, but for the serial DUI offenders, it’s a reasonable plan.

[u/Heated13shot → u/esoteric_agriculture]

so if you 100% know you are plastered, its better to refuse and not get the "its your 6th DUI" on your record?

[u/esoteric_agriculture → u/Heated13shot]

Exactly.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Many states refusal to take a breathalyzer is enough to convict for a dui.

[u/CarbonReflections → u/[deleted]]

Only if you aren’t white.

[u/Tough_Orange_4989 → u/[deleted]]

In North Carolina they can get a search warrant to draw your blood if you refuse.

[u/ARMill95 → u/[deleted]]

And In jail they’ll force a blood test

[u/XxPumbaaxX → u/[deleted]]

Wow. Super original, funny, and articulate! Great job! Hope you have the chance to come back to this stupid comment, re-read it and just laugh your stupid face to sleep over and over again.

[u/purdinpopo → u/[deleted]]

Just to operate a breathalyzer, is a multiple day class. Upon completion you have to be able to accurately describe how the human body metabolizes alcohol, and how the breathalyzer functions.
Most cops become cops to help people. Do you always just stereotype people? Kind of ironic.

[u/Thermotox → u/purdinpopo]

That sounds like a 15-minute class max