SARASOTA, Fla. ( WWSB ) - Beginning Oct. 1, refusing to submit to a breath or urine test after an arrest for DUI is a second-degree misdemeanor with a license suspension for one year.

If a driver has previously had their license suspended for refusing a breath or urine test, then refusing a test after a second arrest will result in a first-degree misdemeanor with a license suspension for 18 months.

“The bottom line is this, it is already too late when that decision must be made,” said Florida Highway Patrol spokesman Kenn Watson.

“Do you have the right to not give a breath test or urine? Of course you do, but you have now placed yourself in a position you don’t want to be in,” he said.

According to the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, 1,293 people were cited f

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