Blood Test

I was stopped at a checkpoint and asked if I had had anything to drink. I said I had one 12 ounce beer about 30 minutes ago and had not had anything to drink aside from that for a few days. I did not lie. The cop told me to take a breadth test. I did and came out good. But I know I had beer on my breadth and was scard that the test would hurt me as I am learning to be a trucker and this could have washed me out. If I wanted a blood test instead, could I have demanded one? Whe I told the officer he said if I didn't take the breath test right then he'd take me downtown.

Great question. In a roadside DUI case the type of test you take sometimes is critical. In your case it would not have mattered.

Assume you had 4 quick drinks in a chug-a-lug. It could take a half hour for sufficient alcohol to enter your blood stream or urine and register at the 1.0 or the .08 level. But the breath test would show a higher level almost as soon as you drank the last drop.

You are lucky you did not fight too hard, as some states don't give much of a choice. Next time don't drink and drive, or if you do, call a DUI lawyer before playing lawyer yourself.