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DUI field sobriety tests ("FSTs") are inaccurate. A key reason FSTs are inaccurate is because they are "subjective" in nature, and subject to the whims, mood, competence, capability, attitude, training, agenda and fairness of the police officer administering the tests or interpreting the results.
Beginning in the 1970s, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)conducted research into the possible development of a series or battery of so-called "standardized field sobriety tests" (SFSTs). The goal was to develop and use these tests to make it easier for police to detect and arrest drunk drivers.
Six(6) tests were used in the initial stages of the research:
1. The Walk-and-Turn (WAT) Test
2. The One-Legged Stand (OLS) Test
3. The Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus (HGN) Test
4. The Finger-to-Nose Test
5. The Finger Counting Test (Thumb and Finger)
6. The Drawing on Paper Test
Eventually, these tests were narrowed to the following general standard three (3):
1. The Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus Test
2. The Walk and Turn Test
3. The one-Legged Stand Test
They are all subjective in results and consequently can be very inaccurate.
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