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Originally Posted by Ducay
Its pretty bad looking, but what can they really do? Playing DA, what if she was drunk, and they happen to let her go and she gets into a collision and kills someone?
Now everyone just has to pretend they have a breathing problem next time they don't want to get charged with refusing to provide a sample.
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Um. Well it was ~12:30 AM and she had just gotten HOME. So unless she intended on leaving again, a 24 hour suspension probably would have been fine.
The problem is that the law assumes that everyone is able to blow sufficiently into a breathalyzer, which is obviously not a guarantee for those with respiratory problems. Why can't one submit to a blood test instead of a breath test if necessary? A blood test is surely more accurate in checking
blood alcohol levels.
This is what bothers me about drunk driving laws. Guilty until proven innocent. Guilty of something else if guilt can't be proven or disproven using a single method.