In Illinois, a driver has the right to refuse to submit to sobriety testing when pulled over for suspicion of DUI. If a driver does this, law enforcement typically needs to follow the normal channels in order to obtain a warrant to perform a chemical test on the driver. These channels obviously take additional time, however, that seems to be changing. Illinois is one of nine states which enacted "No Refusal Weekends." Essentially, on specified weekends, law enforcement will have judges available to quickly obtain warrants in order to conduct the chemical testing much sooner than normal. This basically eliminates any benefit of a driver refusing to submit to testing. Many people are challenging the legality of these checkpoints and claiming that they take away rights and freedom. I'm sure we are not done hearing the debates about this law, and we will let you know when and if these legal challenges are resolved.
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