In Florida, drivers must stop at DUI checkpoints and provide any requested identification, including a license and registration. Implied consent laws mean that accepting the privilege of driving entails potential participation in breath or blood tests. Refusing such tests can result in license suspension. While turning around to avoid a checkpoint is permissible if done safely and legally, it may prompt police suspicion if traffic laws are broken in the process.
Drivers must stop at a police DUI checkpoint and hand over any requests from an officer, including license and registration. This driving rule applies all the time.
Under Florida law, driving is a privilege. If you accept this privilege, you have implied your consent to blowing into a breath test or taking a blood or urine test.
You do not have to take a field sobriety test, such as walking a straight line, but refusing a chemical test could lead to license suspension.
You can turn around to avoid a DUI checkpoint if it's a legal maneuver and safe to do so, but it may arouse suspicion.
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