recite the alphabet backwards???
They've got to be kidding me. I know I'm not the only one who in no way can do such a thing.
shareI thought the same thing.
Burst out laughing when the cop asked him to.
After the movie I tried to recite the alphabet backwards.
Took me about 5 minutes.
Had to keep going over the alphabet forwards in my mind first.
Kept mumbling it under my breathe before saying the 3 to 4 letters that I remembered.
Anyone would look intoxicated trying to do that-
Sober or not.
"I am not a number. I am a person."
You're right, I had to keep reciting it forwards, then take a block of 3 or 4 of the end and say them backwards, then start the forwards recital all over again. I never heard of that as a test for sobriety.......maybe IQ intelligence or something.
shareIt's a very common sobriety test.
shareCommon maybe on "Reno 911."
Reciting the alphabet backwards isn't a standardized Field Sobriety Test.
It is common for an officer to ask an individual to count backwards.
Or to recite the whole alphabet or the alphabet in part, but not backwards.
Officers that ask suspected DUI's to do this are wrong.
If an officer asks you to perform this task as a FST, respectfully ask that he give you a demonstration first.
See how quickly that test will end.
Anyway, FST's are supposed to be videotaped. (Whether on the side of the road or back at the station.)
Field Sobriety Tests:
Tests generally administered by an officer at the scene of the arrest to determine if there is probable cause to arrest the individual for drunk driving. These tests evaluate physical and mental performance and eye impairment and include, for example, walking a line heel-to-toe, one leg stand, finger to nose test, reverse counting, alphabet recitation, and horizontal gaze nystagmus. Field sobriety test results can be helpful to defense counsel where an officer places heavy reliance on these tests because they are superficial tests used to merely gauge blood alcohol content.
Common Field Sobriety Tests:
1. Recite the alphabet;
2. Count backwards;
3. Line-walking;
4. Finger-to-nose;
5. Heel-to-toe;
6. Balancing one foot at a time;
7. Fingers-to-thumb;
8. Hand pat;
9. Bending forward and backward with your eyes closed
divided attention test
a field sobriety test that tests the ability to coordinate physical and mental tasks at the same time.
horizontal gaze nystagmus
one of the standardized field sobriety tests wherein officers gauge the jerking of the eyes as they gaze to the side at various angles.
modified position of attention
a common field sobriety test designed to detect swaying in the suspect, presumably a symptom of intoxication. A scientific study has concluded that even high doses of alcohol have little effect on body sway.
one leg stand
a common field sobriety test wherein a suspect is instructed to stand on one leg for approximately 30 seconds, with the other leg held out at 45 degree angle.
pupil reaction
an eye impairment test involving the shining of a flashlight into a suspect’s eyes in order to observe the speed of pupil contraction. This field sobriety test is increasingly being replaced or used in conjunction with the horizontal gaze nystagmus test.
verbal field sobriety tests
a drunk driving suspect cannot, after being placed in custody and without a Miranda advisement and waiver, be asked any questions to test his mental state. Such a test may be self-incriminating because it forces the suspect to disclose information that would reveal whether his mental processes were confused.
walk-and-turn
a standardized field sobriety test that (1) requires the subject to balance heel-to-toe while listening to instructions and (2) requires that the subject take nine heel-to-toe steps along a line, turn around, and take nine heel-to-toe steps back.
walk-the-line
the most commonly encountered field sobriety test wherein the subject walks along a line or crack in the pavement and, at the end of line, he is directed to pivot and return.
"I am not a number. I am a person."
Oh, look. It can use a search engine, and it thinks that means it knows something. How cute.
Ask a cop for a demonstration, and see how quickly you end up in the back of his car. Not only is it a common test, but it's not that difficult to do. You know, if you're not drunk. Or stupid.
It can use a search engine?
Caped Crusader, not only are you rude and disrespectful, you are also misinformed.
My comment was meant for informational purposes.
It was not intended to hurt your feelings or bruise your ego but apparently it did.
Regardless of the immaturity of your response or your assumed difficulty level of the task, the fact still remains that:
1. It is not a common test.
2. You can ask an officer for a demonstration of the given task.
Not only is it a common test, but it's not that difficult to do. You know, if you're not drunk. Or stupid.
Well let's just hope you never get pulled over then.
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Contrary to your suggestion that highlighting plagiarism is rude and disrespectful, I find it responsible. What you mean to say is the information you copied verbatim from the internet, and then pasted into your post, was posted to make yourself look knowledgeable. It didn't work, and now you're sour over it. Boo. Hoo.
It is a common test, regardless of what you found while browsing Google. When you can have a discussion based on your own knowledge, rather than what you obtain from spending thirty seconds on a search engine, then you can pretend that you deserve respect. Until then, you're just a plagiarist, which is not easily distinguished from an intellectual thief.
Intellectual thief?
Well, thank-you for your concern.
I'll be sure to consider that the next time I have a term or research paper due.
What you mean to say is the information you copied verbatim from the internet, and then pasted into your post, was posted to make yourself look knowledgeable. It didn't work, and now you're sour over it. Boo. Hoo.
Wrong {yet again}.
No, I don't mean to say that.
Everything that I wanted to say, I said.
And not in an attempt to seem knowledgeable either.
Simply put, you made a statement.
Your statement was incorrect.
I countered your statement with a true one and backed it up with information to support my claim.
Seems reasonable, don't you think?
If anyone is sour, Caped Crusader, it's you.
You took what I said, got offended and made it into a personal attack against you.
Then assumed that because you posted a sarcastic, insulting and immature comment, without any evidence to support your statement, that I would back down.
You are once again mistaken.
I would suggest that you reserve the Boo and the Hoo for yourself.
I am, however, unusually amused at your constant persistence of correctness.
Just because you say something, doesn't make it so.
And repeating it over and over doesn't help to substantiate it either.
That said, you have yet to prove my statements to be false.
All that you have accomplished, thus far, is establish that the information I've provided is pretty much common and public knowledge.
I believe your real argument ended sometime ago.
I honestly believe you feel that you were correct at first.
Then you realized that you weren't and that someone else called you on it.
Unable to provide proof to verify your words you went into defensive mode.
Your first response to my post was a personal attack laced with insults.
Your second response was a character and credibility attack.
What will be the theme of your next response? Personal threats?
Please take the chip off of your shoulder and come up with a valid argument to prove that:
1. Reciting the alphabet backwards is a standard, recognized and legitimate Field Sobriety Test.
2. That asking an officer to first provide a demonstration is inappropriate or disrespectful.
Your opinion is fine (when discussing movies) but not when you want to dispute a subject that must be establish by fact, not by emotions or feelings.
So here is where we stand.
I haven't changed my position and you haven't changed yours.
The way I see it, there are two ways to prevent this from becoming an "Is Not...Is Too!, Is Not...Is Too!" affair.
1. Prove me wrong
I have no problem admitting when I am wrong.
If you can provide evidence to show that I am, I will gladly concede and extend you my sincerest congratulations on enlightening me with the correct information.
OR
2. Acknowledge to yourself that you are mistaken and move on.
Either would suffice.
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I am sorry but you may want to look at your previous statements on here before you go on because you contradicted yourself here. You said in a previous post that it is NOT common sobriety for someone to have to recite the alphabet backwards but it is common to have to recite the alphabet or in part and to count backwards etc. In this post you say it is common sobriety test to have them recite alphabet backwards.
Me, honestly I don't know one way or the other. I just happened to notice that. To be perfectly honest I would like to know if it is or isn't. You have flip flopped on this and maybe you didn't realize it cause some times when you are typing something, I do this too, that I forget to put in a few words, because I am typing fast, preoccupied, whatever. But, please if you could I would surely appreciate it.
I think you need to read what he wrote again.
shareThank-you Steve-1735.
No contradiction.
Tferreira23, Re-read the post.
"I am not a number. I am a person."
Alphabet backwards? I am surprised that this has been flagged as an issue. I have spoken to a lot of people about it and not found anyone who can't do it.
shareNo-one has yet answered my question of a year or so ago. Why do Americans have sobriety tests at all? Breath into a bag sir and you're gone or you're OK! Yet still these seemingly silly 'point to your nose with your eyes closed' and 'walk on the line with your arms out' videos on Youtube still abound.
Is there a legal reason US police can't just breathalyse people who appear pissed? I just want a logical or legal answer because I don't know.
"No-one has yet answered my question of a year or so ago. Is there a legal reason US police can't just breathalyse people who appear pissed? "
You are a Brit right? I have never understood why in the UK chimneys miss the top bit, allowing rain water to get in. And in 22 years of me living there nobody has yet answered my question.
So you see, there's mysteries in the UK too.
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I'm from Belgium, we might also have mysteries here but cops breathalyse you.
And I might add, if you happen to be driving in Belgium, if you think you might be a bit over the limit, say to the officer "I finished my drink right before leaving I wanna wait before taking the test". If you make that statement he has to wait up to 1 hour before you blow into the machine... ( they usually wait 15 minutes even if you didn't say a thing )
Most of the time when they pull you over, if a woman is driving and a man is in the next seat they don't even botter. ( yeah I know that's wrong but if she's as drunk as you are, it's nice ^^ )
P.S.: does anyone remember the FST from "the man with 2 brains" ? :p
what?? for *beep* sake. i can't do it, & no one would consider me a simpleton. counting backwards, yes ... the alphabet backwards? no.
share"what?? for *beep* sake. i can't do it, & no one would consider me a simpleton. counting backwards, yes ... the alphabet backwards? no."
dude, someone is trolling you, I am sure there's the one guy with a few accounts.
This stuff can only be done on the net, imagine someone in a pub claiming that everyone is able to recite the alphabet backwards!!
Kind of related, Leonardo Da Vinci wrote backwards, you need a mirror to read what he wrote.
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I was asked to recite the alphabet backwards for an FST.
share"Me, honestly I don't know one way or the other. To be perfectly honest I would like to know if it is or isn't. "
Are you drunk? No? then recite it yourself. Can you do it? No? So what does that say to you?? Use your OWN brain FFS
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Good lord, you need something fulfilling to occupy your time. Just look at the length of your post!
Simply put, you made a statement.Nothing I said was incorrect, you've countered nothing, and the obscure page you found on the internet does not back up anything.
Your statement was incorrect.
I countered your statement with a true one and backed it up with information to support my claim.
If anyone is sour, Caped Crusader, it's you.I haven't taken anything you've said personally. You'd have to say something of substance for me to do that. Stop wasting your time by attempting to assign motive, as you're obviously not qualified.
You took what I said, got offended and made it into a personal attack against you.
Then assumed that because you posted a sarcastic, insulting and immature comment, without any evidence to support your statement, that I would back down.I never wanted you to back down. You can make a fool of yourself all you like.
You are once again mistaken.
I am, however, unusually amused at your constant persistence of correctness.Stealing the text of an obscure web page you found with a search engine doesn't make your nonsense accurate.
Just because you say something, doesn't make it so.
And repeating it over and over doesn't help to substantiate it either.
That said, you have yet to prove my statements to be false.It isn't necessary. I said it was a common test, and you argued with me. The burden of proof is on you, sweetie.
All that you have accomplished, thus far, is establish that the information I've provided is pretty much common and public knowledge.Only in your imagination.
I honestly believe you feel that you were correct at first.I was, and still am, correct.
Then you realized that you weren't and that someone else called you on it.The idea that you're even capable of "calling" me on anything is patently absurd.
Your second response was a character and credibility attack.You have no character, and you're certainly lacking in credibility, as evidenced by your little display of plagiarism.
What will be the theme of your next response? Personal threats?Threaten an insiginificant creature? Hardly.
Please take the chip off of your shoulder and come up with a valid argument to prove that:Once again, it's up to you to prove something. It is a common test, and it's employed by cops in many different regions of the U.S.
1. Reciting the alphabet backwards is a standard, recognized and legitimate Field Sobriety Test.
2. That asking an officer to first provide a demonstration is inappropriate or disrespectful.
I never said anything was inappropriate or disrespectful. Perhaps you should invest the same amount of time in reading that you do when posting.
Your opinion is fine (when discussing movies) but not when you want to dispute a subject that must be establish by fact, not by emotions or feelings.Fact: You're a plagiarist.
Either would suffice.Suffice? Yeah, because appeasing the likes of you is such a pressing concern of mine. But what the hell? I'll play your silly game, if only to put you in your place.
This cop explains that it's not a test to see if you can actually do it, but rather to gauge your reaction: http://www.clevelandwomen.com/pro/doleyq2.htm
For something rather authoritative, consult FindLaw.com, which states:
Field sobriety tests usually involve a police officer asking a driver to perform a number of tasks that assess any impairment of the person's physical or cognitive ability. Examples of field sobriety tests include having the driver walk a straight line, heel to toe; having he or she recite the alphabet backwards; and the officer's use of the "horizontal gaze nystagmus" (eye and penlight) test.http://dui.findlaw.com/dui/dui_overview/dui_basics.html
See? You're not the only thing that can use Google. Some of us just admit to it. But what am I saying? I'm sure your expert opinion is worth far more than that of a site devoted to legal matters. share
Well hello, Caped Crusader!
After waiting over a month and not seeing a post from you
I figured that you’d just given up.
I'm glad to see that you took me up on my offer.
It was a good attempt friend, but no dice.
The websites you provided don’t negate what I wrote.
As you recall,
I wrote on June 14th ---
Common maybe on "Reno 911."
Reciting the alphabet backwards isn't a standardized Field Sobriety Test.
Officers that ask suspected DUI's to do this are wrong.
(It is a sad occurrence when that happens, although it was comically portrayed in the movie and on Reno 911.)
And on June 21st—
Please take the chip off of your shoulder and come up with a valid argument to prove that:
1. Reciting the alphabet backwards is a standard, recognized and legitimate Field Sobriety Test.
Take a look at my statements.
You have not disputed them.
The burden of proof is on you, sweetie
Sorry, honey, you’ve watched one too many People’s Court episodes.
This isn’t a courtroom; it’s a message board.
And if it were, the burden of proof would be on you.
(Remember, you made the initial claim)
This cop explains that it's not a test to see if you can actually do it, but rather to gauge your reaction:
http://www.clevelandwomen.com/pro/doleyq2.htm
I went to the above website and the former cop, by more than seven years, said no such thing.
Nice to see that you are taking such liberties with other people’s words, though.
And as far as the FindLaw website (particularly nice for Finding Lawyers) is concerned,
I guess that they would know more than the NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration)
and the IACP (International Association of Chiefs of Police) who wrote the manual concerning the Standardization of Field Sobriety Tests.
Especially when they clearly state in their disclaimer that:
The information contained in this web site, and its associated web sites, including but not limited to FindLaw, the CyberSpace Law Center, the LawCrawler, LegalMinds and the University Law Review Project, is provided as a service to the Internet community, and does not constitute legal advice. We try to provide quality information, but we make no claims, promises or guarantees about the accuracy, completeness, or adequacy of the information contained in or linked to this web site and its associated sites. As legal advice must be tailored to the specific circumstances of each case, and laws are constantly changing, nothing provided herein should be used as a substitute for the advice of competent counsel.
Now if you would like “something rather authoritative” to check out, I would suggest the U.S. Department of Transportation's
Impaired Driving Division
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
400 Seventh Street, SW, NTS-11
Washington, DC 20590
Phone: 202-366-9588
Fax: 202-366-2766
Nothing I said was incorrect, you've countered nothing, and the obscure page you found on the internet does not back up anything.
This from the person who gives www.clevelandwomen.com to discuss Field Sobriety Testing?
Well, since you like obscure websites so much, here is another to browse over:
http://www.owidefenselaw.com/fst/
They come a dime a dozen.
As you can see, everyone has an opinion.
It is a common test, and it's employed by cops in many different regions of the U.S.
What region would that be?
I’m not sure what area you live in but police officers in my state laughed when I asked them about backwards alphabet counting as a Field Sobriety Test.
There are a number of Field Sobriety Tests administered that aren’t a part of the standardized three.
However, these tests don’t ask you to do something that is typically not feasible while in a non-intoxicated state.
Asking someone to recite the alphabet backwards does.
Lawyers would have a field day in court arguing that point.
I never said anything was inappropriate or disrespectful. Perhaps you should invest the same amount of time in reading that you do when posting.
Really?
In response to this statement…
If an officer asks you to perform this task as a FST, respectfully ask that he give you a demonstration first.
See how quickly that test will end.
…you wrote
Ask a cop for a demonstration, and see how quickly you end up in the back of his car.
Sounds to me that you are suggesting that it is disrespectful to request such a thing.
I haven't taken anything you've said personally. You'd have to say something of substance for me to do that.
If not, why the hostility and condescending tone when writing the following:
Threaten an insiginificant creature?
Yeah, because appeasing the likes of you is such a pressing concern of mine.
You have no character.
You can make a fool of yourself all you like.
And to top it off (I enjoyed this one the most) you wrote:
Good lord, you need something fulfilling to occupy your time. Just look at the length of your post!
Wow Teapot, I thought that you were making an observation about the message you posted.
Yours Truly, Kettle
"I am not a number. I am a person."
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"After waiting over a month and not seeing a post from you
I figured that you’d just given up."
Yeah, apparently he's not an ignorant trolling jackass like you.
Yeah, apparently he's not an ignorant trolling jackass like you.
Really?
Well, apparently you are either someone who has not read the messages (or interactions between Caped Crusader and I) on this board
or
you are indeed the thing that you accuse me of being.
[I'm inclined to believe the latter.]
In either case, any further responses from you will be ignored.
Hopefully this reply will be enough to give you the much needed attention that you crave.
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ok first of all
Caped Crusader,
"Fact: You're a plagiarist."
that's pretty much the only slightly valid point you've made.
Notevenclose,
i can't believe you really waited for a month lolol!!
and Ragreen259,
why would you add negative comments to the fire??
your comment doesn't even make sense.
over all this arguement is completely ridiculous and pointless
SOMEONE regardless of right and wrong, BE THE BIGGER PERSON
and walk away.
thank you.
DO YOU REMEMBER THE REAL REASON OF THIS THREAD???
can you recite the alphabet backwards or not??
i know i can't
none of this is truly meant to insult or demean anyone.
but just slap you in the face with your childish actions.
so if any of this offends you. im sorry.
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haha actually i just tried it again and i could say it backwards. but it took me way longer than it would saying it normal.
shareI looked at the board and the last communication between Caped Crusader and Notevenclose was made in September of 2006. So apparently someone was the "bigger person" about it... over 2 years ago.
"Beauty I'd always missed with these eyes before. Just what the truth is, I can't say anymore."
I actually thought Crusader to be the jackass. Who calls someone "it?" and is as absolutely nasty to start with? This is IMDB, there is no way to judge people and decide who is a better person or not. Notevenclose made no mistake worthy of the garbage Crusader was slinging. Crusader vanished under that name (or permanently) shortly after that exchange. Hopefully he or she will never be back to plague this site with his (or her) disgusting and presumptuous nonsense. I'm not "notevenclose," nor do I know him (or her), but I was amazingly offended while reading the posts between the two of them; I was offended enough to offer my own opinions here. I don't see how repeatedly slandering another person makes ones own argument stronger or more noble. In fact, I believe it makes one look less intelligent, respectful, and worthwhile. Perhaps the reason Crusader has deprived us of his or her company now for so long is for that fact: he or she was never worthwhile in the first place.
In closing I'd like to say I have never, throughout all my time on IMDB, been moved enough to come in even for a second on someone's side in a thread I had not before been on. I'd have replied to Crusader if he or she ever came on anymore, but it doesn't seem like they do. I just hate to see people try and feel vindicated or self-important by trashing others, and acting self-righteous and faux-intellectual about it. As if Crusader was doing the world some service by raging against Notevenclose, the "master of plagiarism." Absolutely despicable.
"Well if you wanted to make Syrok the Preparer cry...mission accomplished."
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Not even close fully and completely owns caped crusader.
I can actually do the alphabet backwards. It took me a sleepless night to memorize it. Every single time I've ever done it, which is a lot, people are stoked and shocked. I've only met one other person who could do it on command and they'd received the same reactions as I did. Did'nt someone start this argument by saying anyone who can't do it is an idiot or drunk? That's absurd.
Um, I don't mean to intervene--especially 8 months later-- but you're both the ones using your time on something that won't really change anything. However, I do find it a very entertaining discussion, but if I myself could find something to occupy MY time, I wouldn't even know that this arguement existed.
Excellent points notevenclose.
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saying the alphabet backwards is not an FST. The main ones are finger to nose, 1 leg stand and walk and turn. Also used is the HGN. Yes I am in Law Enforcement
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YOu try to act smart, yet you thought this was an attempt to pass off the information as his own. How intelligent is that. It was painfully obvious to everyone else that it was copied.
Reciting the alphabet backwards is not a common test. Yes, some people can do it without problems. Other people, completely sober and very intelligent, hve substantial trouble.
As well, you must certainly can ask for a demonstration of any test. If you're not just acting like a moron and truly need the demo it's not going to cause any problems.
repeating that it is a common test doesn't make it true. You'll probably find one person out of 1000 that can recite the alphabet backwards. ( no need to search google to know this if you have one spoon of common sense and half a working brain cell)
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My drivers ed teacher specifically told us that officers cannot ask a person to recite the alphabet backwards. A field sobriety tests is supposed to test how well a person can do something that is a COMMON and EXPECTED task. (I.E, reciting the alphabet regularly or COUNTING backwards). Since saying the alphabet backwards is not a COMMON task, it would never be used by a cop for a sobriety test.
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Actually, I've watched cops give this FST before (the alphabet backwards one).
If a cop asks you to do it and you either don't attempt it or say "I can't even do that sober" or something along those lines, the cop actually has to take you in because you've pretty much implicated yourself.
So, if ever faced with this dillema, at least try it. It'd be fun.
Oh, and that says COMMON field sobriety tests, which means there are others. That one just isn't used as often because most people can't do it sober.
my brother is a cop, and said that commonly, a drunk will slip and say 'i can't even do it sober', and then they got them. also, things like balance are harder to keep while intoxicated and thinking that much. the actual alphabet part has little to do with what they're looking for.
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" a drunk will slip and say 'i can't even do it sober', and then they got them."
what if he isn't drunk and he meant "one can't even do this sober" ?? are cops trying to trick you so that they can then fine you regrdless of you being drunk??
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well...i know people who have had to do it, so regardless what wikipedia says about sobriety tests, i would consider it a common one.
shareI think the reason the cop in the movie asks him to recite the alphabet backwards is because he's stupid and got mixed up with "recite the alphabet" and "count backwards".
I think it was supposed to be a joke in the movie but it didn't get through very much (I didn't get it either until i read your post just now).
And this argument of yours is childish, stupid and unnecessary.
Still no-one has yet answered my question. What is the reason for sobriety tests when a breathalyser would unequivocally decide the matter? Is this a USA thing? I'm not being vociferous; I'm just interested.
shareThat's covered in the movie, westhamu. The cop asks him to submit to a breathalyser and the man refuses, and the cop says That's your right. We have the right to refuse (don't ask me why).
If you are Jesus Christ and are 100% proud of it, copy this and make it your signature!
Well, speaking for myself, I can't blow into the bag.
I've been exposed to too much asbestos, fiberglass and I foolishly smoked for years. I don't have the lung capacity to perform a breathalyzer test, so I'd have to do the FST.
But I don't drink alcohol or take drugs so I really don't expect it to ever be an issue for me.
"Well, speaking for myself, I can't blow into the bag.
I've been exposed to too much asbestos, fiberglass and I foolishly smoked for years. I don't have the lung capacity to perform a breathalyzer test, so I'd have to do the FST. "
uhmm it isn't a bag but something more like a straw. Anyone that can expell air can blow into a straw.
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I realize this is very late but if you are still interested-they perform field sobriety tests because a person could be driving under the influence of something other than alcohol which a breathalyzer wouldn't pick up. I don't know about being able to say "no" to any kind of test- in Florida, when you sign your name to get your license you are signing your consent to perform any sobriety test you are asked to take. It says so on the license.
shareI don't understand why you have those sobiety tests in america? They doesn't prove anything.. Why don't you just use the breathalizer?
here in sweden we have zero tollerance against drunk driving. so even if you just had one beer, you get a ticket and you might loose your license. and if you are heavily drunk, you can get jailtime.. So we have to use the breathalizers since people don't have to be noticely drunk, to be breaking the law.
Anyways, would it just be easier, and safer to allways use the machine?
because drivers under 18 can refuse a breathalizer,i think.
shareStandard or not, I happen to know for a fact, if they want you and you pass their other fun and games they sometimes tell you to recite the alphabet backwards.
"That may be true, but it is also irrelevant."
Just for ther record.plagarism involves taking credit for the work of someone esle.........I do not believe he ever tool credit for it......if it was an English paper, yeah bad citation, but not plagarism since everyone except you understood what he was doing.you moron......ooops didn't someone already call you that.,..guess I plagarized..
share"It's a very common sobriety test."
and where do you come from then? Because you and me aren't driving in the same nation.
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its used as a trick for admission of guilt. Nothing more. So yes and no. The officer won't actually make you do it. If you don't admit guilt it's rendered useless.
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shareFunny, I think it's rather easy since I practised a bit. I would appear sober, intoxicated or not.
"You have watched it, you can't unwatch it!"
The driving school instructors told us that if an officer suspected someone of driving under the influence, they would ask them do the touch-your-noise thing, walking the line, or saying the alphabet backwards, etc.
They work very closely with local law enforcement, so I'd say it is, in fact, a common field sobriety test.
Iust envision the keypad on a phone. Makes it a lot easier.
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