DUI Field Sobriety Tests Levittown New York NY

By author on August 21st, 2008

Reader’s Question:

It seems that police officers in Levittown, New York are conducting field sobriety tests on a driver whom he feels that is under the influence. Are all kinds of field sobriety tests considered as indicators of intoxication?

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Levittown, NY

There are two types of field sobriety tests that police officers in Levittown, New York ask a person suspected of DUI to do- standardized and non-standardized. There are three standardized tests that are recognized by the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) and there are also non-standardized tests that are not recognized by the NHTSA but are still used by police officers. Some examples of non-standardized tests include the numbers backward test, finger-to-nose test, coin tricks, Rhomberg balance test, finger tap test, ABCs and hand pat test. These non-standardized tests are considered unreliable indicators of alcohol impairment.

If a driver is asked to do any of the non-standardized tests, it can be successfully challenged in court because these tests are not recognized as accurate indicators of intoxication. Although the non-standardized tests are also designed to measure physical and mental impairment from alcohol use, a lot of these signs could be traced to physical problems other than alcohol.

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