Posted On: November 3, 2008, 2:30 pm CST

Posted By: matt

When people run tests like eating bread then blowing 0.05 in breathalyzer, one can imagine why refusal is a good idea. I sure would not trust my future on some police machine that may or may not be properly calibrated and has been shown to be neither foolproof nor accurate.

And to the idea of forced blood drawing -- I think taking one's blood without consent should be a violation of human rights. It is certainly a violation of the hippocratic oath - the interest of the patient comes before the interest of the staate, a police officer, a prosecutor or a judge.

I certainly don't support drunk driving but I also don't support forcing people to consent to a questionable machine and absolutely protest to the forceable removal of bodily fluid.