About Field Sobriety Tests

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In most DUI cases, part of the evidence against the individual is based on field sobriety tests.  These tests are known to be flawed, and even the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) reports that the best of the tests has been proven to be only 77% accurate.  The way that the tests are administered can alter the outcome unfavorably as well.  There are a multitude of factors that could adversely affect a field sobriety test and end with a determination by law enforcement that the individual being tested is drunk.  Some individuals are extremely fearful with police and this can affect their test.  Hearing problems, health problems, age, language difficulties and balance problems all can create problems with field sobriety tests, not to mention their inherent problems.  If you have had field sobriety tests administered to you and subsequently were arrested and charged with DUI, it is crucial that you contact a Los Angeles DUI defense lawyer at once.

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Field sobriety testing is often used to further the case and prove evidence of impairment.  As these tests are so full of flaws and so frequently wrongly administered, it is possible that the results can be challenged in court.  It is vital that all the evidence against you is reviewed immediately by the legal team at the Law Offices of Robert Schwartz in order to determine what can be done to defend your specific case.  In cases of field sobriety testing, each test and the results will be reviewed carefully by the attorney handling your case and any errors in the testing procedure will be exploited in order to possibly have the evidence from the testing suppressed.

Field sobriety tests have so many inherent problems, that this is often a possibility in cases in which part of the proof of impairment is based on the results of the testing.  You can be assured that the legal team at the Law Offices of Robert Schwartz is extremely familiar with the science behind these tests, the flaws in the testing procedure and how to fight to use faulty testing to defend clients charged with DUI.