Georgia driving lesson · Losing Your Driving Privileges
Implied consent
A 3-minute lesson from the Georgia course. Read the rules and examples, follow the handbook page references, and check your understanding before you move on.
By driving in Georgia, you're required to take state chemical tests when an officer suspects you're under the influence. Refusing carries its own penalty, and the refusal itself can be used against you in court.
Implied consent
Georgia law requires you to submit to state chemical tests of your blood, breath, urine or other bodily substances to determine if you're under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
After taking the state's tests, you may get additional tests of your blood, breath, urine or other bodily substances at your own expense, from qualified personnel you choose.
A limited driving permit is generally not available after an implied consent refusal; it may be if you had no prior DUI conviction in the past 5 years.
An officer suspects you of DUI and asks for a breath test. If you refuse, your license is suspended for at least a year and the refusal can be used at trial. If you take it, you may also get your own independent test, at your own expense.
Check your understanding
Read the question, decide on an answer, then open it to check the explanation. These are Roadwise study questions based on the source handbook.
Under Georgia's implied consent law, what are you required to submit to if lawfully requested?
Chemical tests of blood, breath, urine and more
A roadside questionnaire only
A breath test only, never blood
A blood test only, never breath or urine
Answer: Chemical tests of blood, breath, urine and more
Georgia's implied consent law requires submission to state-administered chemical tests to determine impairment.