You dont HAVE to take the breathalyzer.
Yes there will be consequences if you dont.

I've had a DUI in the past and I know the process. If you are going to blow over the legel limit you are going to be arrested and lose your license for 1 year anyway.

Now if you think you are border line and not sure but you can appear sober,.. or at least fake it pretty good. DONT BLOW. You are on camera from the second you got pulled over. When I got my DUI I was stopped because I had a tail light out. Not because I had erratic driving. If you were stopped in this manner and it turns into a DUI stop you can beat it. Do not breath into the breathalyzer. You will be arrested. Your not getting out of that part of it. If you blow over the limit,.. you were going to be arrested anyway! You were going to lose your license for 12 months anyway! Only if you dont give them a breath test you dont give then the proof they need to prove you were over the limit. Any half baked lawyer can get you off with probation before judgement and you may not lose your license even though its mandatory that you do for refusing the breathalyzer. The key facter in beating it will be you,.. you and your actions,.. you and your demeanor. They are going to bring you into the station and keep you in front of a camera. You MUST remain vigilant and in control. If your piss drunk,.. slurring your speech,.. falling out of chairs,.. unable to walk,.. forget it. You deserve what you get. But if your a little toasty yet still in control of your faculty's you can beat a DUI charge. You just have to avoid giving them any evidence to convict you of it.

I had a friend up north who beat it with a good attorney. It cost him $5000. But his drivers license remained clean and he learned his lesson. My DUI cost me $3500 for my lawyer,.. he and the states attorney had an agreement where I was to get a Probation Before Judgement. Basically all I had to do was be good for 12 months and no pts go on my record. How ever when I went to court the judge over ruled the states attorney. He said because I had a CDL license that I didnt respect the privilege. Even though I was in my personal car and not driving commercially didnt matter. The fact that I was 24 yrs old and never had a speeding ticket,.. not even so much as a parking ticket didnt matter. The only break he cut me was reducing the 12 pts down to 8 pts. Whoopty do. I still lost my CDL status and I still lost my license for 12 months. Took me 8 months before I could get a hardship license. Also,.. besides the $3500 I paid my lawyer I had to pay a $1000 fine, $500 court costs, $500 to some kind of MADD fund, 100 hours of community service which also cost $75 and then 6 months of alcohol and drug awareness class which cost $250. So tell me? Would it have been better if I refused the breathalyzer or not? I dont drink like I used to,.. but occationally I have a few beers with my father inlaw and I still drive home. If I am ever pulled over for what ever reason and it turns into a DUI stop,.. I will refuse the breathalyzer.

Hurst