{"id":24777,"date":"2023-06-12T10:12:22","date_gmt":"2023-06-12T14:12:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.webblawmaine.com\/blog\/?p=24777"},"modified":"2026-04-03T14:45:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T18:45:38","slug":"what-happens-if-i-blow-under-a-08-on-my-breath-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.webblawmaine.com\/blog\/what-happens-if-i-blow-under-a-08-on-my-breath-test\/","title":{"rendered":"What Happens If I Blow Under .08 on DUI Breath Test?"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Maine, many think that if your breathalyzer test comes back under .08, then you have passed the DUI test and are free to go. This is not usually the case. This is because the law in Maine states that at the time of operation, a person had a breath or blood alcohol concentration of .08 or more, or <\/u>were under the influence of intoxicants.<\/p>\n

You Can Still Be Charged With DUI and Arrested With a BAC Under .08<\/strong><\/h2>\n

To be under the influence in Maine is to have your mental or physical faculties impaired however slightly or to any extent by intoxicants. This means that if you blow a .07 and the officer thinks that you are impaired slightly, you can be charged with an OUI. Not having the .08 breath test to fall back on makes the case much harder to prove for the State, but they can still use the officer\u2019s observations to try to prove that you were impaired while operating. Book a free consultation with a DUI lawyer near me<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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In Maine, many think that if your breathalyzer test comes back under .08, then you have passed the DUI test and are free to go. This is not usually the case. This is because the law in Maine states that at the time of operation, a person had a breath or blood alcohol concentration of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24712,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dui","category-oui-law"],"yoast_head":"\nWhat Happens If I Blow Under .08 on DUI Breath Test?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Maine OUI attorney John Webb warns you still can be arrested for DUI even if you blew less than .08 percent on the breathalyzer test.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.webblawmaine.com\/blog\/what-happens-if-i-blow-under-a-08-on-my-breath-test\/\" \/>\n<meta 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