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Originally Posted by aschen
If you tell an officer you had two beer is their a legal basis for him to envoke probable cause or whatever the jargon is? If so is this any different than "I prefer not to say officer".
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If you tell a cop you've had two beers AFTER being stopped for some other violation, which he can probably attribute to your having just consumed alcohol (you admitted it), you have just handed him a big, gift-wrapped package of probable cause. This traffic stop will not go well for you. Never mind that just about everyone lies to cops about how much they had to drink and the cops know it. Tell them two beers and they'll assume it's four or more. Assuming he has no more pressing calls and is trained in administering field sobriety tests and breathalyzers, you're going to go through the process.
BTW, do you have any open containers in the car? Any outstanding warrants for FTA or unpaid tickets? Oh, you have just about ensured you're not going home that night.