Three Types of Police TESTS
for DWI in New York
The three main categories are:
1. The field side or road side sobriety tests. These are part coordination exercises, mental exercises, walking a line, standing on one leg, touching your finger to your nose, etc.
2. The PBT Pre-liminary breath test. This does give a specific number but is inadmissible for BAC (blood alcohol concentration) but is admissible (probable cause) to arrest for a DWI or DWAI drugs.
3. The Chemical test. The is the breathalyzer that everyone is familiar with. Refusing this has driver's license consequences.
Each one of these tests can be used as evidence in the case against you in one form or another. Refusing some or all is legal in NYS but can have license consequences.
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