Colling v. Hjelle

In an attempt to reduce the holocaust on our highways, part of which is due to *460the driver who has imbibed too freely of intoxicating' liquor, the so-called “Implied Consent Act” was enacted by our legislature in 1959.

The first section of said act is now contained in Section 39-20-01 of the North Dakota Century Code, which reads as follows :

“39-20-01. Implied consent to determine alcoholic content of blood. — Any person who operates a motor vehicle upon the public highways of this state shall be deemed to have given consent subject to the provisions of this chapter to a chemical test, or…