When an officer is scoring the One Leg Stand Test, the officer is looking for four clues. These four clues are clues of impairment. In other words, the clues are to indicate whether a person does not ...
Yesterday, we discussed Standardized Field Sobriety Tests and the non-standard Field Sobriety tests. Begining in 1975, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) began reviewing the ...
Police use the HGN as part of their arsenal to investigate DWIs . They are used throughout the nation and the test is very heavily promulgated by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. ...
Out of all the Standard Field Sobriety Tests , the HGN is the easiest to fail. No one, but the officer, can see the results. In fact, there is never a video of the person's performance on the HGN. ...
In the DWI context, intoxicants, according to the NHTSA, can increase nystagmus or the amount of involuntary eye-jerking. Alcohol consumption or consumption of other "central nervous system ...
