Refusing to take an alcohol level test when under suspicion of Driving While Intoxicated or Driving Under the Influence:
- Is your right and will have no negative consequences.
- Is recommended.
- Will result in license suspension. ✓
- Will just result in a fine.
Answer: C. Will result in license suspension.
Refusing an alcohol level test when suspected of DWI or DUI will result in your license being suspended.
Why this is the answer
The handbook describes the Administrative License Revocation law. Under it, DPS is authorized to suspend a driver license or driving privilege for any person who refuses to submit to a breath or blood test. That refusal is listed alongside failing a test at 0.08 or more, so declining the test is treated as its own ground for suspension rather than something you can do freely.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. Is your right and will have no negative consequences. — It is not a free choice without consequences, because the handbook lists refusal itself as a reason DPS may suspend your license.
- B. Is recommended. — The handbook never presents refusal as advisable; it treats refusal as a trigger for losing your driving privilege.
- D. Will just result in a fine. — The stated result of refusal is a suspension of your license or driving privilege, not merely a fine, and the handbook gives no fine amount for refusing.
Remember it
Think of the test as tied to the card in your wallet: say no to the test, and the state can take the license.
Official handbook: Texas Driver Handbook (DL-7), Chapter 1: Your License to Drive , p. 12