By Riley S. Lovejoy, Attorney at Law - If (when) the officer invites you out of your car to take Field Sobriety Tests, you may refuse them. They are voluntary. You may not be informed that they are voluntary, but the officer is required to tell you so. If you politely decline them, the most probable outcome is that you will be arrested. But consider this, if you are being asked to take Field Sobriety Tests, the overwhelming likelihood is that you were going to be arrested for suspicion of DUI anyways, and by declining the tests, you have removed a major component of the Prosecutor's case.
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