Implied consent — Nebraska Permit Test

Anyone who drives on Nebraska roadways has already agreed to submit to a chemical test when a law enforcement officer requests one.

Without a test the officer has no firm proof, and a drunk driver could walk away and drive again that night.

Any driver that operates a vehicle on Nebraska roadways has already agreed to submit to a chemical test or tests when requested by a law enforcement officer.

The chemical test an officer may request for alcohol or drugs is a test of blood, breath, or urine.

Each test finds what a driver took in a different way, so a driver cannot dodge proof by picking one.

Refusal to submit to a chemical test of blood, breath, or urine for alcohol or drugs at the request of a law enforcement officer is a separate crime for which a person may be charged.

Refusing a chemical test requested by a law enforcement officer is a separate crime for which a person may be charged.

If refusing cost nothing, every drunk driver would refuse and the worst drivers would be the hardest to stop.

Refusal to submit to a chemical test of blood, breath, or urine for alcohol or drugs at the request of a law enforcement officer is a separate crime for which a person may be charged.

Failing to complete a chemical test, in the judgment of the officer, violates the implied consent law just as refusing does.

A driver who blows too softly on purpose would beat the test, so a half effort counts the same as saying no.

Refusing to submit to such test or tests or failing to complete a chemical test of blood, breath, or urine in the judgment of the officer, will result in a violation of Nebraska’s “Implied Consent” law.

Criminal penalties for refusing a chemical test are the same as for a DUI conviction with a BAC of .15 or over.

Matching a high-BAC drunk driving penalty means a very drunk driver gains nothing by refusing to blow.

Criminal penalties for refusal are the same as criminal penalties for a DUI BAC .15 or over conviction.

A convicted person's license may be revoked for 2 to 15 years, depending on the number of prior convictions, in addition to fines and jail time.

A driver caught again and again has shown that shorter breaks from driving did not stop the drinking.

A convicted person’s license may be revoked from two to fifteen years (depending on the number of prior convictions) in addition to fines and jail time.

Under Nebraska's implied consent law, when did a driver agree to a chemical test?

By driving on Nebraska roadways. Without a test the officer has no firm proof, and a drunk driver could walk away and drive again that night. Nebraska Driver’s Manual, p.24: “Any driver that operates a vehicle on Nebraska roadways has already agreed to submit to a chemical test or tests when requested by a law enforcement officer.”