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http://beta.aalf.org/wiki/index.php?title=User:JarvisSpradling207&action=history Revision history for this page on the wiki en MediaWiki 1.13.3 Mon, 02 Nov 2026 10:11:20 GMT http://beta.aalf.org/wiki/index.php?title=User:JarvisSpradling207&diff=30075&oldid=prev <p>New page: Throughout a drunk driving investigation, cops will most likely administer a series of alleged &quot;field sobriety tests&quot; (FSTs). This may consist of a battery of three to five tests, often se...</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>Throughout a drunk driving investigation, cops will most likely administer a series of alleged &quot;field sobriety tests&quot; (FSTs). This may consist of a battery of three to five tests, often selected by the officer; these can include walk-and-turn, one-leg-stand, horizontal gaze nystagmus, fingers-to-thumb, finger-to-nose, Rhomberg (modified position of attention), alphabet recitation, or hand-pat. In an increasing number of law enforcement agencies in [http://www.duiattorneyorangecountyca.com/ DUI Lawyer Orange County], California and throughout the nation, a &quot;standardized&quot; battery of three tests will be given - walk-and-turn, one-leg-stand and nystagmus - and they must be scored objectively instead of using an officer's subjective opinion.<br /> <br /> How valid are these FSTs? Not to, in accordance with [http://www.duiattorneyorangecountyca.com/ DUI Lawyer Orange County CA] Taylor, a former prosecutor and the composer of the leading legal textbook &quot;Drunk Driving Defense, 6th edition&quot;. The tests are fundamentally &quot;designed for failure&quot;. In 1991, Taylor reports, Dr . Spurgeon Cole of Clemson University conducted a study on the accuracy of field sobriety tests. His staff videotaped 21 individuals performing 6 common field sobriety tests, then showed the tapes to 14 police and asked them to decide if the suspects had &quot;had too much to drink to drive. &quot; Unknown to the officers, the blood-alcohol concentration of each of the 21 subjects was. 00%. The outcome: 46% of that time period the officers gave their opinion that the subject was too inebriated to drive. In other words, the FSTs were hardly more accurate at predicting intoxication than flipping a coin. Cole and Nowaczyk, &quot;Field Sobriety Tests: Are They Created for Failure? &quot;, 79 Perceptual and Motor Skills 99 (1994).<br /> <br /> Think about the brand new, improved &quot;standardized&quot; DUI tests? Research funded by the National Highway Traffic Administration determined that the three most effective field sobriety tests were walk-and-turn, one-leg stand, and horizontal gaze nystagmus. Yet, even using these supposedly more accurate -- and objectively scored -- tests, the researchers found that 47% of the subjects who does have been arrested based upon test performance actually had blood-alcohol concentrations of less than the legal limit. In other words, almost half of all persons &quot;failing&quot; the tests weren't legally intoxicated by alcohol!<br /> <br /> According to the [http://www.duiattorneyorangecountyca.com/ Orange County DUI Attorney]lawyers in Mr. Taylor's Southern California law firm, the fact that these tests are largely unfamiliar to most people, and that they get under acutely adverse conditions, make them more difficult for folks to perform. Only two miscues in performance can result in someone being classified as &quot;impaired&quot; due to alcohol consumption if the problem may actually function as result of unfamiliarity with the test.</div> Thu, 22 Mar 2012 07:23:19 GMT JarvisSpradling207 http://beta.aalf.org/wiki/index.php?title=User_talk:JarvisSpradling207