If you refuse to take a breathalizer test..... (in Georgia)?

Question

when pulled over on suspicion of DUI in Georgia, do you automatically lose your driver's liciense?

Answer 1

Yes. 1 year suspended.

Answer 2

In most states, refusing to take a breatalizer test is an admission of guilt. You would have to check the actual statutes for Georgia though.

Answer 3

Yes you do, for one year

O.C.G.A 40-5-67.1

chemical tests of your blood, breath, urine, or other bodily substances for the purpose of determining if you are under the influence of alcohol or drugs. If you refuse this testing, your Georgia driver's license or privilege to drive on the highways of this state will be suspended for a minimum period of one year. Your refusal to submit to the required testing may be offered into evidence against you at trial. If you submit to testing and the results indicate an alcohol concentration of 0.08 grams or more, your Georgia driver's license or privilege to drive on the highways of this state may be suspended for a minimum period of one year. After first submitting to the required state tests, you are entitled to additional chemical tests of your blood, breath, urine, or other bodily substances at your own expense and from qualified personnel of your own choosing. Will you submit to the state administered chemical tests of your (designate which tests) under the implied consent law?"

Answer 4

it is almost the same charge as failing a test, but the main issue is you can not fight the refusal, unlike if you failed the test one could always try to say the test was administered wrong, the machine was not calibrated etc, but refusal that is it

Answer 5

in some states you have the right to decline the breathalizer, but if you fail the feild sobriety test and they decide to take you in, you will have to take it anyway.

Answer 6

www.flexyourrights.org

Answer 7

yup....I think in any state you do....