An Atlanta Attorney Has You Covered on DUI Testing
Being charged with Driving Under the Influence in Georgia can have severe repercussions, such as jail time, loss of driving privileges and steep fines. Police, prosecutors and courts often rely on chemical breathalyzer, urine and blood tests to assess impairment levels at the time of driving – these tests however, can sometimes show inconclusive results and it’s crucial that your legal representative understand any scientific disagreements between those experts and his own experts in order to provide proper representation during these tests.
An Atlanta DUI lawyer with experience can challenge the accuracy of field sobriety test results, breath tests and blood tests in court. Below is a compilation of myths surrounding these tests with links to published scientific articles that disprove them.
Myth: Field Sobriety Tests Are Accurate And Impartial. Field sobriety tests (SFSTs) are designed to evaluate drivers based on observed behavior, but the truth is they are often inaccurate compared to what many think. One popular and well-known field sobriety test, known as the alphabet test (repeating 26 letters without singing), has only been estimated accurate by 50% of adults without alcohol in their system; NHTSA’s own 1977 “validation” study demonstrated this high error rate; yet today it remains approved as part of its field sobriety testing criteria!
