Blog Posts in July, 2011
Posted on Jul 26, 2011 By Plano DWI Lawyer
Standard Field Sobriety Tests are considered to be one reliable clue of intoxication. In Texas, there are three separate tests that comprise the Standard Field Sobriety Tests administered by the ...
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Posted on Jul 25, 2011 By Plano DWI Lawyer
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 ...
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Posted on Jul 15, 2011 By Plano DWI Lawyer
In the never ending quest to squelch drinking and driving, law enforcement officials have gone to great lengths to create ways to investigate whether someone is intoxicated. One of the ways to ...
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Posted on Jul 14, 2011 By Plano DWI Lawyer
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. ...
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Posted on Jul 13, 2011 By Plano DWI Lawyer
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. ...
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Posted on Jul 12, 2011 By Plano DWI Lawyer
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 ...
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Posted on Jul 11, 2011 By Plano DWI Lawyer
We have demonstrated previously the tests that are used by police. These are called the Standard Field Sobriety Tests . Click here to see a clip of each test that is administered by the police. In a ...
Continue reading "Standard Field Sobriety Tests -- Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus." »