What actions should you take if you are pulled over for suspicion of a DWI in Missouri? Christopher Combs and Steven Waterkotte of Combs Waterkotte discuss how to handle the difficult situation of being pulled over on suspicion of DWI/DUI.
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Interview Transcript
Scott Michael Dunn: What should you do if you’re pulled over for suspicion of DUI?
Steve Waterkotte: I’d say number one is comply and be polite. Don’t be a jerk. It’ll serve you no purpose in the end.
But, you can do that while maintaining and asserting your rights. You’re going to have to get out of a vehicle. You can’t say, “No, I’m not going to do that.” But beyond that, when you get out and the officer asks where you’re going, what you had to drink tonight, where are you coming from? You are under no obligation to answer that. And again, you can do it politely.
And then as you get into the testing phase, when you participate or do field sobriety tests, again, you can politely decline all that.
And then lastly a portable breath test, which is a handheld device that they’ll get a reading on to make a probable cause determination. You can also refuse that. So that’d be my advice.
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