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Maine has an implied consent law that levies an automatic license suspension on anyone who refuses a police officer’s request that they take a blood alcohol content (BAC) test after being pulled over. The purpose behind these implied consent laws is to prevent driving under the influence (DUI) suspects from

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When it comes to the grand scheme of Maine’s operating under the influence (OUI) laws, implied consent rules serve a crucial purpose. However, with the changes to OUI laws over the past few decades to make them more and more draconian, implied consent laws have also been beefed up until

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In one of our latest blog posts, we covered why we have implied consent laws in Maine. In short, implied consent laws are a legal mechanism to automatically penalize someone for refusing to take a chemical test to determine their blood alcohol content (BAC). By implying your consent to take

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There are a lot of laws on the books in Maine that, on first inspection, seem to be there for the sole purpose of boggling your mind. In many of these cases, though, it can be helpful to try to understand the problem in our society that these laws are

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It seems that the state of Maine has endless financial resources to combat drunk driving. Unfortunately, all of that money and effort is being put into the same old tactics that have been shown, time and again, to be ineffective and impractical at enforcing our laws that prohibit operating under

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