If you’re reading this, chances are you’ve been pulled over for drinking and driving. You may face penalties now, but if you have the privilege of operating a vehicle in Pennsylvania, you should never put yourself and others in danger. The risk of a dangerous accident increases exponentially when you are under the influence.
Even if you made the wrong decision, you do still have legal rights. That’s why it’s well worth knowing what to do if you are pulled over after drinking. After all, police officers unfortunately encourage self-incrimination in situations where an individual should assert their legal rights to remain silent and obtain an attorney.
Perhaps even more unfortunate is the fact that many individuals gravitate toward strategies that they think might help them evade a DUI, but make things worse. Rest assured that there is no way to “beat” the breathalyzer on a chemical level if you have been drinking.
In fact, you are much more likely to trigger a false positive than a false negative.
With that said, many technical legal challenges can help you get breathalyzer evidence dropped from your prosecutor’s case.
The bottom line is that you should focus on what happens to your criminal case after you are arrested. Do not think that you will be able to evade arrest through one clever trick or another.