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399 Washington Ave Ave Marietta, GA 30060
Carry The Following DRIVER’S RIGHTS CARD With You At All All Times! If you are stopped by the police and the questioning goes beyond asking for your license and registration, hand the card below to the ofcer and remain silent. Let the card card speak for you. Do not read it to the ofcer. ofcer. Make sure you have read this this card so that you understand understand your rights at the time of the stop. The police have power, but their power is limited by your rights if you assert them.
See the Driver’s Rights Card on the next page and print it out!
DRIVER’S RIGHTS CARD NOTICE TO OFFICER: Please keep this ofcial notication for your records. records. 1. I herewith tender my driver ’s license and proof of insurance. 2. If I am not in custody, custody, I understand that I do not have to answer any questions or volunteer any information. Therefore, I choose not to make any statements or answer any questions. Furthermore, I choose not to take any voluntary roadside eld sobriety evaluations (ABC’s, (ABC’s, touch nose, balancing tests, eye tests, etc.) or any handheld ALCOSENSOR® breath tests. 3. I have committed no crime and respectfully request that my driver’ driver ’s license, insurance card, and any other of my documents in your possession be returned to me immediately. 4. If I am not allowed to leave at this time, I will assume that this is more than a brief investigatory stop and that I am in custody (under arrest). I therefore invoke my RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT including my right not to take any of the aforementioned roadside eld sobriety evaluations. 5. Without Without waiving any deciencies in the statutory procedures or the implied consent notice, if I consent to any ofcial state tests of my blood, breath, urine, or other bodily substance, I further request that I be allowed to take an independent test at a private medical facility by personnel of my own choosing and at my own expense. 6. I DO NOT CONSENT TO A SEARCH of my person, my vehicle, or any of my property. property. 7. I INVOKE MY RIGHT TO A LAWYER and LAWYER and request that I be allowed to call attorney SCOTT M. PATTERSON at 1-770-422-8840.
Let the card speak for you. Don’t read it to the ofcer. These cards won’t won’t prevent a drunk driver from driver from being caught, if sufcient VISIBLE proof of impairment exists (such as staggering, belligerence, etc.), so don’t expect the card to solve all problems.
NOTICE AND DISCLAIMER The information shown is intended to help educate members of the Georgia motoring public as to their rights under the law and to assist presumptively innocent citizens in properly asserting those rights. It is not intended to aid drunk drivers in evading punishment.
The Law Ofce of Scott M. Patterson, LLC
399 Washington ashingto n Avenue Avenue Marietta, Georgia 30060-2025
[email protected] Telephone: (770) 422-8840 Fax: (770) 423-1604
