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Oklahoma DUI Survival Guide

Just Don’t Blow – A Public Service Campaign To Protect Citizens in Oklahoma from a Felony DUI

Getting charged with a felony DUI in Oklahoma isn’t just for the worst-case scenarios anymore. In the past, you usually had to have prior offenses, cause a serious injury, or cause a fatality to face a felony charge. Now, the law has changed dramatically, and many more citizens will end up facing felony DUI charges. That’s why The Edge Law Firm and The Hunsucker Legal Group have launched a public service campaign called “Just Don’t Blow” to give Oklahomans the knowledge they need to protect themselves.

“Just Don’t Blow” means exactly what it sounds like—do not blow into any roadside or state-administered breath test. Do not participate in any tests requested by the police, including field sobriety tests. Agreeing to these tests can hand the state the evidence it needs to charge you with a felony DUI. The risk isn’t worth it. Protect your rights, stay calm, and immediately ask to speak with an attorney.

Why You Shouldn’t Provide Any Evidence

If you have had a few drinks and your gut says you might be over the limit, do not give law enforcement the ammunition to convict you. In Oklahoma, refusing breath and blood testing may mean a temporary license suspension and a night in jail. It also means you are not handing the state easy evidence that can turn a questionable stop into a felony DUI or APC.

Do not take any tests. Period.
No field sobriety tests. No breath test. No blood draw. Stay polite and calm, but give them nothing.

Oklahoma’s DUI Law Is Changing

Starting November 1, 2025, Oklahoma will lower the bar for a DUI to become a felony.

The New Felony Triggers Are As Follows:

Any one of the following can push a case to felony, even with no prior DUIs:

  • BAC of 0.15 or higher.
  • Crash with injury, death, or $500+ in property damage.
  • Driving on the wrong side of the road.
  • Unsafe passing in the opposite direction.
  • Crossing the center line.
  • Failure to maintain lane or signal.
  • Violating divided-highway rules.
  • Attempting to flee from police.
  • Speeding 20+ over, or 10+ over in a school zone.
  • Passenger under 18.
  • Reckless driving.

You Cannot Win On The Roadside

Once an officer suspects DUI, you are going to jail. You will not talk your way out. You will not charm your way out. You will not “pass” your way out. The only thing you control is how much evidence you give them.

  • Say as little as possible. Provide your name and license, then ask for an attorney.
  • Refuse field sobriety tests. They are designed to make you look impaired.
  • Refuse the breath and blood tests. No number means no easy path to aggravated penalties. Breath machines and blood testing both have flaws that can be challenged in court.

When there is no breath test, no blood test, and no field tests, the state is left with one officer’s subjective opinion. That is weaker evidence and easier to challenge.

How to Fight a License Suspension After Refusing a Breath or Blood Test

If you refused a breath or blood test in Oklahoma, your license is at risk of being automatically suspended. But that does not mean you are out of options. You have the legal right to fight back through an Administrative License Suspension (ALS) hearing, and the clock is already ticking.

You only have 30 days to request this hearing. If you act quickly and contact an attorney, you can often stop the suspension before it ever takes effect. The ALS hearing is your opportunity to show that the officer did not have legal grounds to stop or arrest you. If you succeed, your license can be reinstated and the suspension lifted entirely.

This is a move worth making, especially since many people win these hearings simply because they choose to stand up for themselves and take action.

How to Turn Low Evidence Into a High Chance of Winning

Oklahoma courtrooms do not reward who talks the loudest. They reward who is most prepared.

You need to treat your case like it is going to trial. Lock down the evidence before it disappears. Track down the witnesses the state ignored. Review every second of bodycam, dashcam, and surveillance footage. Break down the police reports. Challenge every claim. Dismantle every assumption.

If the police are low on evidence, that works in your favor. Every gap, every error, every weak point becomes your opportunity to win.

Preparation wins cases. Do not accept a felony conviction without a fight. Do not be a victim of the system. Challenge it. Protect your rights. Refuse.

Sincerely,
Bruce & John