I work at a tobacco shop. And after they said I blown through a stop sign. When asked when drinking I said no. Then he said I smelled, and I quote, "of something suspicious". I get cops get their paycheck for tickets and such but seriously has it really gotten this bad that for a ticket they try to make it something bigger? and ignoring my rights?

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[–] 9 points 3 months ago (11 children)

Depending on your habits, it might behoove you to opt for the station breath test. They can look at more than just alcohol in blood and pop you for weed or even legally prescribed adderall.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago (10 children)

    In most states you're allowed to not take the roadside breath test, despite cops lying like motherfuckers about it. It's the one at the station after you've been arrested that you have to take if you don't want to automatically get your license taken for like a year, and they always do at least two different samples between that breath test, urine, and blood. Don't do those and you're pretty much guaranteed you lose your license and get the DUI charge as well.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago (9 children)

    That is the opposite of another comment here. I guess I'll beleive neither and refuse both tests to play it safe

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago (7 children)

    Different states have different laws. I’m in Louisiana and refusing a breath test automatically triggers a license suspension

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  • [–] -1 points 3 months ago (6 children)

    And you've been lied to and you're wrong. I just read your Louisiana revised statute 32.666 and you don't have to take a preliminary breath test (the little one the cops use on the side of the road).

    Again, though. Not a lawyer. Speak to your lawyer in Louisiana and ask them. Other jurisdictions may have different laws.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 months ago (5 children)

    Like I said, your license can be suspended. That means you can still refuse it.

    But most importantly, read 32:661 if you want to be insufferable about it. We have an implied consent law.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 months ago* (4 children)

    And that implied consent law is for a breathalyzer test. Not the one they do on the side of the road. You don't lose your license to refuse a pbt.

    Edit: Also fyi. Read 32.661 with a bit higher of a reading comp level. The chem test you can't refuse is AFTER YOUR ARREST.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)

    Yes you do. It literally happened to my sister.

    Every single dui attorney in state even states it on their site. https://attorneycarl.com/refuse-breathalyzer-louisiana/

    https://trafficticketsnola.com/what-happens-if-you-refuse-a-breathalyzer-in-louisiana/

    But what the fuck would you know? You already said you’re not a lawyer, you’re not from here, and aren’t going to know better from 2 minutes of googling.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    I didn't Google. I looked at Louisiana law statutes.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 months ago

    That roadside test is NOT a breathalyzer test. It's called a "Preliminary Breath Test". Your links all advise you have to take the breathalyzer test, and that's true. But a breathalyzer test doesn't happen in the field. It's at the station attached to a very not portable machine and happens after you get arrested. Call an actual DUI lawyer yourself and ask them the difference. A PBT is not a breathalyzer test.

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