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The Field Sobriety ?Eye Test?: Science?or Fraud?

By Lawrence Taylor

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The critical part of any pre-arrest drunk driving investigation is the administration of the "field sobriety tests" (FSTs).  These usually consist of a battery of excercises involving balance, coordination and mental agility — and are difficult to perform for even a sober person under ideal conditions (see "Field Sobriety Tests: Designed for Failure?").  Although there are many different tests (walk-and-turn, finger-to-nose, alphabet, etc.), an increasing number of law enforcement agencies are requiring their officers to use only the federally-recommended battery of three "standardized" FSTs.  The most recently developed of these three is horizontal gaze nystagmus (HGN), commonly known as the "eye test"...continue to full post

Full post as published by DUI Blog on December 01, 2010 (boomark / email).

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