[BlueStateDepression]

Very few people get "cleared" on the field tests

And that 'statistic' comes from where? The issue you raise is a valid one and is actually a means of backing the BAC. An officer alone is not the sole entity to convict you of DUI. Checks and balances of power is an honorable conservative trait and BAC combined with sobriety testing in the field passes the checks test.

[jjmcgo]

You're doing a lot of work here and I respect that. I'm assuming you are an adult with some life experience. Go back and look at this post I'm responding to and you will realize the Pollyana nature of it. Police are good people who will never cut corners or do the wrong thing ... Awwww, please. I know a lot of cops and have had these conversations. The field test is worthless in court. They need a reading. Cops know who is drunk by looking, they don't have to have you doing the alphabet backwards or touch your nose. So, the field test is crap to them and the court. Also, by going right to the breathalyzer demand they have the coercive effect of being able to take your license if you refuse. We used to have a sixth amendment that blocked the government from forcing you to give evidence against yourself. Constitutional rights don't mean a lot to the nanny staters, do they? Please provide a 500-word essay on your concerns about the damage to our Fourth and Sixth Amendment rights as a result of the breathalyzer coercion.