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To: Red in Blue PA
"One where people can deny police interviews after an accident, and the one the rest of us live in."

Know the law or call your attorney who knows the laws and you too can take advantage of your rights with regard to the police and interrogations or 'interviews'. Those options are available to all of us.

10 posted on 12/08/2009 6:50:18 PM PST by JustaDumbBlonde
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To: JustaDumbBlonde
In FL - if you refuse a blood test or breathalyzer - you lose your license on the spot.

Is the law right? Probably not but people like Tiger, Obama and the other elites have separate laws.

Not every working stiff can afford to have a $450 an hour lawyer on retainer. Just like Congress not having the same healthcare they want to “give” to the avg Joe.

11 posted on 12/08/2009 6:54:15 PM PST by Frantzie (Judge David Carter - democrat & dishonorable Marine like John Murtha.)
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To: JustaDumbBlonde
"Know the law or call your attorney who knows the laws and you too can take advantage of your rights with regard to the police and interrogations or 'interviews'."

True, the 5th Amendment gives us all the right to not incriminate ourselves. But, a 1966 SCOTUS decision (Schmerber v. California) held that a state could force a blood-alcohol test on a driver of a motor vehicle without violating their 5th Amendment rights. That case was upheld and expanded in an '82 ruling (South Dakota v. Neville) which decided that not only could blood be drawn, but that licenses could be revoked for refusing such a blood test.

Tiger skated with respect to the immediate aftermath of the accident. Almost anyone else in a similar position, after being evaluated by LE, would have been asked to submit to a BAC test. Remember, Tiger's wife told the EMTs that he had been taking Viodin and Ambien, and had been drinking earlier in the day - all reasonable cause for LE to suspect impaired driving. But, those questions weren't asked by LE until the following day, when it was too late.

12 posted on 12/08/2009 7:00:08 PM PST by OldDeckHand (Obamacare - So bad, even Joe Lieberman isn't going to vote for it.)
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