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Do Standardized Field Sobriety Tests Accurately Assess a Driver's Mental and Physical Impairment?

By Walin & Klarich

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During a California DUI detection process, the officer screens (or tests) a driver prior to making an arrest decision. The pre-arrest screening phase starts out with the administration of the standardized field sobriety tests. These tests are said to be designed to assess a driver?s mental and physical impairment. The three most commonly used field sobriety tests are: horizontal gaze nystagmus walk and turn test one-leg stand test The walk and turn test and one-leg stand test are considered to be divided-attention tests, requiring concentration on multiple tasks. These tasks are designed to simulate the same physical and mental tasks that are required for a person to safely drive a vehicle.

Full post as published by Southern California Criminal Defense Blog on September 03, 2009 (boomark / email).

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