DUI/DWI Checkpoint Card
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DUI/DWI Checkpoint Card
Your rights at a sobriety checkpoint.
What To Do
Have your license, registration, and insurance ready.
You can stay silent about where you've been or whether you've been drinking.
Field-sobriety tests and the roadside breathalyzer are voluntary — you can decline.
Ask "Am I free to go?" if held beyond brief questioning.
Your Rights
Checkpoints are legal but limited to brief questioning.
You must show your license, registration, and insurance.
You can decline the roadside field-sobriety and breathalyzer tests.
After a DUI/DWI arrest, refusing the official chemical test can cost your license.
You Can Say
"I do not consent to a search."
"Officer, am I free to go?"
Have Ready
Driver's license
Vehicle registration
Proof of insurance
Based on: 4th Amendment (searches) · 5th Amendment (right to remain silent) · Michigan v. Sitz (1990)
Educational only — not legal advice.
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