What is the difference between a chemical test and a field sobriety test?
A field sobriety test (which can include blowing into a machine to test your breath) is always taken at the scene of the stop. You have an absolute right to refuse this test. A chemical test will be offered to you after you have been arrested. If you refuse to take a chemical test, your license will be suspended. With a chemical test, you will be offered a choice of blood, breath or urine tests. You have the absolute right to choose between these tests in any situation unless it is unreasonable to offer you one of the choices. Failure to give you this choice may cause the test results to be inadmissible as evidence against you at the time of trial.
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