In California, other than providing your ID and vehicle registration you are not obligated to make any statements to the police if stopped. You are not required to answer where you were going or what you were doing. You are also not obligated to take any field sobriety tests (e.g. walk the straight line); nor are you required to take the Preliminary Alcohol Screening test “PAS” if you are over the age of 21 (a small breathalyzer machine administered at the scene of the stop). You are, however, statutorily obligated to take the actual blood or breath test at a regulated facility (usually a police station) if you are detained on suspicion of DUI.

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