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...And with the One Leg Stand DUI Field Sobriety Test as Well

By Neil Shouse, Esq.

Just consider this a follow-up to yesterday?s blog ?The Problems with the So-Called ?Reliable? DUI Walk-and-Turn Field Sobriety Test? as we turn to the even less reliable one leg stand. Just like the walk-and-turn FST, the one leg stand DUI field sobriety test has its fair share of problems. In fact, they are the same problems as the walk-and-turn presents: (1) the accuracy rate (or should we say ?inaccuracy? rate), and (2) it is an unfair test for a large percentage of the population. Let?s address these in order. First, if precisely administered and evaluated according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration?s standards (which is rarely if ever the case), the one leg stand FST only has a 65% accuracy rate at determining alcohol and/or drug impairment...continue to full post

Full post as published by DUI Blogger on February 12, 2010 (boomark / email).