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Originally Posted by thesmugger
I didn't ask about a court date. I know the appeal process. I asked about talking to someone about why they didn't make me blow.
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My bad.
Only person that would know is the cop him/herself. I don't believe there are set guidelines stating when a cop must or must not request a breath sample.
The way I see it, as soon as you admitted drinking, you have alcohol in your blood and with zero tolerance, that's a strike. What an officer needs is evidence to backup the penalty, and I'm sure he's wrote that into his notes. However, if he wanted to actually charge you for impaired, then the breathalyzer would be needed in order to provide the proper evidence (someone correct me if I'm wrong?).
I'm guessing you were just given a break or they actually trusted what you said about only 1 or 2 drinks.