• LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    How many DUIs do you give out to people who blow a 0.0? If a driver refuses to blow standardly a blood test is allowed/offered. It is only admissable in court if performed by a medical professional. Which means if they just asked her to blow and it was a 0.0… and they still didn’t believe her, taking her to a hospital instead of jail would be the logical next step to have the blood test performed where a health professional may have had a shot at catching said health issues.

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      1 year ago

      They’ll never agree to waiting on the results of a blood test. Not that i disagree with the premise, but the police will strike if we say they can’t just arrest people willy nilly

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        The arrest already occurred, they transport from the arrest to the hospital. They are still under arrest during that time. That’s how DUI/DWIs work, they put you in the back and drive you to the station/jail/hospital

        Although I did watch someone drive and tbone a car leaving the parking lot (perpindicular strike on a car going 45mph+) after being told she can’t drive. And they let her husband come pick her up from the accident scene. ~45 min drive for the husband to get there. Some people get treated differently.