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Calia said that under the new bill if someone refused to take the test it would be admitted as evidence in court. Currently, if someone refuses to take the test, it may not be mentioned in the court case...
Officials said the most important part of the act, sponsored by Rep. L. Salvatore F. DiMasi (D-North End), concerns the breathalyzer test. The new bill stipulates that any driver whose blood measures at least .1 percent alcohol on the breath test would receive an automatic suspension of his driver's license...
Unlike the current law, the new bill would make a .10 measurement a crime, said Jonathan Robbins, a spokesman for the Executive Office of Public Safety. He said a .10 on the breathalyzer test means that a person is impaired, regardless of size...
...addition, the new bill would stiffen the penalty for refusing to take the test from a 90-day suspension to a 150-day suspension...
Officials said that the harsher penalties imposed for refusing to take the breathalyzer test will act as an incentive for people to take the test and thus make it easier to convict a person of drunk driving. "Before, it was harder to convict a person if he would not take the test. The new bill would close that loophole," Calia said...