Reader’s Question:
My cousin was charged with DUI here in Central Pasco, Florida and she told me that according to the officer, she failed the field sobriety tests, especially the horizontal gaze nystagmus test. What is this test, how is it being conducted and how can this be inclined to problems?
Elle
Central Pasco, FL
The horizontal gaze nystagmus [...]
Reader’s Question:
Field Sobriety Tests have a bad reputation here in Florida that they are not really reliable indication that a person had been drinking before driving. Are there any kind of field of sobriety test that has been validated and has there been any guidelines that have been set up to administer these tests?
Eileen
Carol City, [...]
Reader’s Question:
I haven’t been actually arrested for DUI but I’m afraid someday that I would just be asked by an officer here in Sunshine Parkway, Florida to stop because he might think that I am drunk driving. How can someone be asked to stop under a DUI suspicion?
Alton
Sunshine Parkway, FL
If a police officer suspects that [...]