William B. Price, Attorney at Law                            

Under Florida Law, refusing to take one of three types of blood alcohol tests when suspected of DUI, or blowing a breath alcohol level greater than .08, results in the forfeiture of your Florida Driver's License, unless you request a hearing.

A hearing must be requested within ten days of either a refusal or blowing a breath alcolhol level greater than .08.  In many cases requesting a hearing can salvage driving privileges.

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Two Strike Rule- A Florida anomaly that everyone should know about.

  In the last couple of years, the legislature, in an effort to "require" all Florida drivers to submit to alcohol tests, criminalized any refusal to submit to testing.  The first refusal is not punished, but the second refusal is a misdemeanor punishable by up to a year in jail.

  Often times, people are accused of refusing, even if they have requested another form of alcohol test, such as blood or urine tests.  Although this law shifts the burden of proof to the defendant to prove that the second "refusal" was merely distrust in one form of test versus another, it does allow a person some defense.