Shamus is correct. Refusing to take the breathalyzer is a guarantee to loose your drivers license. In fact, I think thats the way it works. If they pull you over and ask you to take one, and you refuse, they yank your license. (I could be wrong, but thats the way it was in Wa. state.)

Also, the cops and firefighters should be held to a higher standard than anyone else. The cops are the enforcers of the law, and should not be allowed to break the laws they enforce. IMO, they should have stiffer penalties. It really burns my ass when I am doing the speed limit, and a cop blazes past me with no lights or siren on. Then I see him down the road at the local Subway a minute later ordering his lunch. THAT'S BS right there. Or when they flip on the lights just so they can run a red light and I find em at the same Subway ordering lunch. F- them! I hope they are convicted and loose everything. I bet they don't make the same mistake twice.

.08 is the law. It is also why I don't even have ONE beer when I go out with my wife. I simply won't take the chance that I would get a ticket, or make a mistake and actually hit someone. If they don't know any better, then they shouldn't be on the force.