[SamAdams76]

In Massachusetts, an "OUI" is basically a way for the cops to haul you in when they don't have the evidence to charge you with a DUI.

So if you refuse a sobriety test or even if you pass a sobriety test, and the officer still thinks you are intoxicated, they charge you with the OUI.

[Red_Devil 232]

What does it mean?

[kiryandil]

So if you refuse a sobriety test or even if you pass a sobriety test, and the officer still thinks you are intoxicated, they charge you with the OUI.

Fascinating.

I'll have to check my state laws to see if they snuck that one in at some time.

Don't know how you endure in Taxachussetts, Sam...

[TurboZamboni]

Fwiw, I think it works that way in most every state now.
Thank MADD and the state revenuers.

[a fool in paradise]

Even in Texas, blowing under the BAC doesn’t mean you won’t be charged in DUI. Blowing above the number makes it easier to convict.

[Ghost of SVR4]

Its the same here in some counties of PA. Our state limit is .08% and anything over is DUI; however, the officer can haul you in just on his suspicion (with NO field sobriety test) and run you through a calibrated breathalyzer. You can be charged with DWI (driving while influenced) for as little as .045%. If you refuse a sobriety or breathalyzer it’s an automatic loss of your drivers license for 1 year and some nasty fines; but you still get to go through the grinder and that is not an expedient process.
As others have rightly noted on this thread, anything beyond a moving violation you can bank on being prey to the “justice system”.