Walk It Through: The Breath Test
Two drinks after work, a warning read aloud, a refusal or a result, and the 90 days for a hearing.
After an arrest for DUI, the officer reads a warning about the chemical test.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
A first offender, an adult driver, and no crash. The DUI charge itself, a driver under 21, a blood test after a crash, and the permits that let some drivers keep driving are left to the pages.
A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.
Words this turns on
Terms with a legal meaning that is narrower than the everyday one. Each links to the definition and the authority behind it.
- DUIDriving or being in actual physical control of a vehicle with an alcohol concentration of 0.08 or more, or while under the influence of alcohol, drugs or intoxicating compounds.
- Implied consentAnyone who drives on Illinois public highways is deemed to have consented to a chemical test of blood, breath, other bodily substance or urine if arrested for driving under the influence.
- Statutory summary suspensionThe suspension of the privilege to drive that follows a refused or failed chemical test, separate from any DUI conviction, lasting six months after a failed test for a first offender.