Field Sobriety Tests – Driving While Impaired

One of the first things we talk about in consultations with new clients is whether they were given field sobriety tests before the law enforcement officer charged them with Driving While Impaired. What is a Field Sobriety Test and what makes one Standardized? These are very good questions. Just today I interviewed an officer who had not received standardized field sobriety test training and was administering tests that have never been scientifically validated. The true difference between a field sobriety test and a standardized test is that the standardized test has been scientifically validated. Standardized Field Sobriety Tests include: Nystagmus testing – both...