{"id":468,"date":"2018-11-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-11-26T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baronedefensefirm.lawblogger.net\/blog\/in-a-drunk-driving-investigation-must-police-read-me-my-rights\/"},"modified":"2025-01-08T14:39:44","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T18:39:44","slug":"in-a-drunk-driving-investigation-must-police-read-me-my-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/in-a-drunk-driving-investigation-must-police-read-me-my-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"In a Drunk Driving Investigation Must Police Read Me My Rights?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, when you\u2019ve been stopped for drunk driving the police must read you your rights.\u00a0 In fact, the police may be required to read to you three separate sets of rights; one related to the roadside or preliminary breath test (PBT), the second set of rights related to the second breath test at the station, and under certain circumstances, the police must read to you your Miranda rights prior to questioning you.\u00a0 Each of these sets of rights is discussed below.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Preliminary Test Rights.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>According to the Michigan State Police Preliminary Breath Test Manual, the following rights should be read to a person before asking them to submit to a roadside breath test:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Michigan law requires you to submit to a preliminary breath test upon request of a peace officer.\u00a0 Your refusal to submit as requested shall result in your being charged with a civil infraction with a penalty of up to a $100.00 fine.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/in-a-drunk-driving-investigation-must-police-read-me-my-rights\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading In a Drunk Driving Investigation Must Police Read Me My Rights?\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, when you\u2019ve been stopped for drunk driving the police must read you your rights.\u00a0 In fact, the police may be required to read to you three separate sets of rights; one related to the roadside or preliminary breath test (PBT), the second set of rights related to the second breath test at the station, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,7,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dui-defense","category-dui-stops","category-owi"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>In a Drunk Driving Investigation Must Police Read Me My Rights?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"During a drunk driving investigation in Michigan, a police offier has to read your rights. 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