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by Collin, Dallas and Denton county DWI attorney Troy Burleson

Officers administer field sobriety tests o citizens they suspect are guilty of DWI/DUI. According to most officers, these tests give the citizen a chance to prove he or she is not intoxicated. With that in mind, the question should be, “how fair are these tests?” More to the point, “are these tests designed to make a person look bad or look good?” Let’s take a look at the instructions of one of the field sobriety tests, the one leg stand, and the possible errors and see if we can mathematically determine if these test or fair.

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by Plano DWI attorney Troy Burleson

Officers administer field sobriety tests to citizens they suspect are guilty of DWI/DUI. According to most officers, these tests give the citizen a chance to prove he or she is not intoxicated. With that in mind, the question should be, “how fair are these tests?” More to the point, “are these tests designed to make a person look bad or look good?” Let’s take a look at the instructions of one of the field sobriety tests, the one leg stand, and the possible errors and see if we can mathematically determine if these test or fair.

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by Plano DWI attorney Troy Burleson

Collin County DWI Field Sobriety Tests: If you have been arrested for DWI in Collin County, the officer who arrested you probably asked you to perform three tests known as the "field sobriety tests." I have described these tests in detail in this blog here. As a recap, there are three field sobriety tests. The first is the horizontal gaze nystagmus test. The second, is the walk and turn test. Finally, the third test is the one leg stand test.

Many defense attorneys, including this one, argue that these tests are designed to make you look bad or fail. They are inherently biased and do not test a persons normal ability to operate a motor vehicle. Among the attorneys who share the belief that these tests are designed to make you fail, is Lawrence Taylor. Attorney Taylor is a nationally know DWI/DUI attorney from California and the author of the book "Drunk Driving Defense."

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