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THE FOURTH HAS TESTIFIED
>> FLORIDA HAS A DRINKING
PROBLEM AND STATISTICS SHOW
DENIAL.
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY IS TAKING
THE TOP SPOT IN THE STATE FOR
CRASHES IN DUIIS.
DRIVERS REFUSINGBREATH TEST.
MICHAEL POLICE GO ROAD ALONG
PROBLEM.
>> FIELD SOBRIETY TESTS ARE
JUST ONE TOOL HILLSBOROUGH
COUNTY DANIEL SIMKINS USED TO
FIND A SUSPECTED DRUNK DRIVER.
DEPUTIES WERE ON ANOTHER CALL
WHEN THEY SAY SHE WAS PASSED
AND HIS PASSENGER SLEPT THROUGH
HIS ENTIRE FIELD SOBRIETY TEST.
>> YOU'RE BEING PLACED UNDER
INFLUENCE.
HE IS ONE OF THOUSANDS THAT
REFUSE EVERY YEAR TO COOPERATE
HAS FORD COUNTY STAFF SHOW A
STATEWIDE IN 2011 FLORIDA WAS
NUMBER ONE IN THE COUNTRY AT AN
>> IT DOESN'T AFFECT MY
ANOTHER.
>> Reporter: DEPUTIES REMAINED
STOIC ABOUT THEIR WORK.
>> IT'S NOT ABOUT THE ARREST WE
SAFE.
REASONS.
>> LESLIE SAM US ADVISES HER
CLIENTS NOT TO SUBMIT TO A
IS AN ADDED PENALTY FOR
REFUSING.
>> IF YOU REFUSED TO TAKE TH
MONTH SUSPENSION.
IF YOU TAKE THE BREAST TEST
THEM BLOW OVER YOU CAN GET
SIX-MONTH SUSPENSI.
>> THE DRIVER THAT COOPERATED
HARDSHIP LICENSE AND BE BACK ON
THE ROAD IN DAYS.
SOME FLORIDA LEGISLATORS SAY
REFUSED AN ADVANTAGE OF LESS
PROOF OF THE SAME BENEFITS OF A
>> LAST YEAR LEGISLATORS
PROPOSAL LAW TO MAKE THE
AS A FIRST TIME DUI CONVICTION.
THE BILL DIED BEFORE A VOTE.
SAMPLE OF YOUR BREATH QUICK
>> LAST YEAR IN NEARLY 1500
ALCOHOL-RELATED CRASHES, 77
AVERAGE, EVERY 51 MINUTES
DINNER DRUNK DRIVING CRASH.
DAY>> THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE
BREATH.