How To Protect Your Rights Immediately When Pulled Over
What should you do first when pulled over for DUI? Say 'lawyer,' advises Oakland DUI attorney Darryl Stallworth. Do submit to field sobriety and chemical tests—refusing brings an automatic one-year license suspension, since driving is a privilege. But you needn't say where you came from or what you drank. Skip the reflexive 'two beers'; invoke your right to silence instead.
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Answered by Darryl Stallworth · Oakland, CA
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— the one word to say, and why refusing the chemical test costs your license
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What should you do first when pulled over for DUI?
Say 'lawyer.' Do submit to field sobriety and chemical tests—refusing the chemical test brings an automatic one-year license suspension—but you needn't say where you came from or what you drank; skip the reflexive 'two beers' and invoke your right to silence.
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