The roadside field sobriety test exists purely for the cop (s) to claim they saw further evidence you were intoxicated or under the influence and can be refused in most of not all states. It is never going to prove you are sober and is not in anyone’s best interests except the cop’s; check your state laws and never consent to the sobriety tests.
Similarly, the hand held portable breathalyzer can be refused in most of not all states, but if they (cop) decide to arrest you and bring you to the station then refusing the calibrated breathalyzer test machine (or blood or urine tests in some cases) there typically is worded as an admission of guilt in many states. Check your state laws and never agree to any breathalyzer unless doing so explicitly results in license forfeiture or implied admission of guilt. Even then, it may still be in a person’s best interests to refuse.
If you are actually sober why on earth would you not take a breathalyzer test. There may be some slight inaccuracies but you are NEVER going to blow over the limit unless you’ve been drinking. I could see MAYBE refusing a test if you think you are close to the legal limit but that’s your problem for drinking and driving.
If you’re sober you wouldn’t, but if you were a prick that drives drunk and is not much over you could hope to refuse and then by the time you get to the station you might have sobered up enough to pass the test here.
Why don’t American cops have breathalyzers in the car and instead elect to do this interpretive dance on the side of the road?
The roadside field sobriety test exists purely for the cop (s) to claim they saw further evidence you were intoxicated or under the influence and can be refused in most of not all states. It is never going to prove you are sober and is not in anyone’s best interests except the cop’s; check your state laws and never consent to the sobriety tests.
Similarly, the hand held portable breathalyzer can be refused in most of not all states, but if they (cop) decide to arrest you and bring you to the station then refusing the calibrated breathalyzer test machine (or blood or urine tests in some cases) there typically is worded as an admission of guilt in many states. Check your state laws and never agree to any breathalyzer unless doing so explicitly results in license forfeiture or implied admission of guilt. Even then, it may still be in a person’s best interests to refuse.
If you are actually sober why on earth would you not take a breathalyzer test. There may be some slight inaccuracies but you are NEVER going to blow over the limit unless you’ve been drinking. I could see MAYBE refusing a test if you think you are close to the legal limit but that’s your problem for drinking and driving.
If you’re sober you wouldn’t, but if you were a prick that drives drunk and is not much over you could hope to refuse and then by the time you get to the station you might have sobered up enough to pass the test here.
Right exactly. The comment I was reply to though says you should always refuse the test though, that’s what I was disputing.