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Yes they can with PC, state specific on PC and limitations, trunk, etc.
Implied consent laws in any state do not mean you must submit to a breath test on command, RS/PC must exist first, then refusal is trouble.
The PC has to be something you can articulate, but yes PC is plenty to search a vehicle. Reasonable suspicion can be the vehicle going over the lines on the road more than once, head lights not on. Failure to use a turn signal. Basically any car in the road has a reason to pull it over. Reason to suspect the driver ha been drinking. Smell of an alcoholic beverage on his breath. Empty containers.
By driving on Texas road ways you consent to sobriety testing. Breath tests are not admissible in courtbeing that they don't check for intoxication but blood alcohol level. Sobriety tests and intoxication tests are the only ones we use in Texas.