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Breath Test/Breathalyzers
If you are stopped in Shelby County, AL or any other state on suspicion of DUI you may be asked to take a breath test at the roadside. (Note that officers must have reasonable suspicion, or probable cause to make a DUI stop.)
A breath test conducted at the roadside before an arrest for DUI and/or DWI is a Preliminary Alcohol Screening (PAS) test. The purpose of the PAS test is to help officers decide if there is probable cause to arrest you for DUI and/or DWI.
To take the test you will be asked to blow into a portable breath analyzer (or “breathalyzer”) which will measure your blood alcohol content (BAC). In California and all other states it is a crime to drive with a blood alcohol concentration of 0.08 percent or higher.
If the roadside breath test (PAS test) shows you to have a BAC at or above 0.08 you will certainly be arrested.
Can you refuse a Shelby County DUI breath test?
Unless you are under 21 or on parole, you have the right to refuse a roadside breath test (PAS test) in Shelby County, Alabama and all other US states. It is 100% voluntary.
There are no penalties for refusing a roadside breath test.
Should you refuse a Shelby County DUI breath test (PAS test)? Yes, absolutely.
It is in your interests to exercise your right to refuse a roadside breath test:
- The roadside is not an ideal environment for conducting a breathalyzer or any other kind of test.
- Officers may (and often do) lack experience operating breath analyzers
- Breath analyzers themselves are unreliable and are calibrated to calculate blood alcohol content for an “average” person.
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Blood Alcohol Content (BAC) or blood alcohol content concentration is the concentration of alcohol in blood. It is usually measured as mass per volume. For example, a BAC of 0.02% grams of alcohol per 100 grams of individual's blood, or 0.02 grams of alcohol per 100 grams of blood. Use the BAC calculator (Blood Alcohol Content Calculator) beolow to calculate your BAC levels.
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