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Originally Posted by GP_Matt
They are not gone at all. The 24 hour suspension can be appealed simply by following the officer to the police station and submitting to a proper test. If you do and blow under 0.08 then you get your license back and are on your merry way. I think the 24 hour suspension predates accurate mobile breathalyzers in every vehicle so if you were pulled over and the officer felt you were slightly impaired but couldn't tell he could issue a 24 hour suspension meaning you could either wait or prove your innocence.
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Yeah that's not how a 24 hour suspension works at all.
You can't appeal it. There's no following the officer back and going on a breathalyzer. The simple admission of alcohol when you are pulled over is grounds to be put on a roadside. If you blow > than 0.05, you can receive a 24 hour suspension. The 0.05 thing has always been there with 24 hour suspensions. The only thing that's changing is the penalties.
Edit: and furthermore, if you blew >0.08, you wouldn't be getting just a 24 hour suspension, you'd be charged with impaired driving.