Proven DUI Defense: What Happens When You Refuse Tests
Video Transcript
In Florida, refusing a DUI breath test typically triggers a 1-year license suspension for a first refusal (18 months if prior). Police can still arrest you based on driving, observations, and field sobriety cues even without a chemical result. This article explains the legal consequences and defense angles when you refuse DUI tests.
Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media
“Has that been the standard procedure that once they stop you, it’s…they’re going to keep going, test after test, to be able to find something. Or… “
Regina Tsombanakis– DUI Attorney – Fort Lauderdale, FL
“You’re usually going to be arrested no matter what. Because the officers can also write that, based on their experience, what they witnessed as a driving pattern, what they witnessed as markers, that that can be evidence against them, even if they refuse the test. So sometimes I just think, we’ll just arrest you. And a lot of times maybe the case won’t get prosecuted the whole way, or it’ll get dropped. But in the meantime, that officer’s made that arrest for that night.”