Laws relating to DUI cases refer to laws that dictate that at the time of getting a driver’s license you consented to submit to any chemical testing if you are arrested for a DUI offense. While a driver is still at liberty to refuse the testing, that refusal will result in certain penalties as a direct effect of the application of the implied consent laws.
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Implied consent is consent which is not expressly granted by a person, but rather implicitly granted by a person's actions and the facts and circumstances of a particular situation (or in some cases, by a person's silence or inaction). For example, if a person is unconscious as a result of injuries sustained during a traffic collision, medical treatment may be provided to that person, despite the unconscious person being unable to expressly grant consent for that treatment.
The term is most commonly[citation needed] encountered in the context of United States drunk driving laws.
