Answer:
I tell everybody, and usually it comes from only the experience of coming to me having already been charged, but if done correctly, you remain silent, and you are polite, and you are respectful.
How do I handle when I’ve been pulled over for a suspected DUI? What do I do?
I tell everybody, and usually it comes from only the experience of coming to me having already been charged, but if done correctly, you remain silent, and you are polite, and you are respectful. But the moment they ask, “Have you been drinking?”
You’re going to get arrested. The moment they ask you to step out of the car, you’re going to get arrested.
Now the question is, what are you going to give them voluntarily that they’re going to use against you in court three, four months from now? The best and critical way to handle it, again, this usually comes from after you see me.
“Have you been drinking?” “Officer, with all due respect, I haven’t done anything wrong.
I’ve not violated any laws. I don’t wish to answer your questions or to take any of your tests, and I would like to call my attorney when I’m allowed to.”
Now, that’s very respectful, very straightforward, and very much in compliance with your American constitutional rights. But if they ask you questions and you start answering them, take this test, stick this leg in the air, walk this line, look at my pen with your eyes, blow into this, answer this, answer that, it’s all going to be used against you in court.
Being respectful is very important, but most importantly, being quiet. Remember that you’re an American citizen and you have a right to remain silent.
You have a right not to be tested. You have a right not to answer questions.
That’s simply protecting yourself. Give us a call if you need help.
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