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The 2025 Milton Field-sobriety Testing Standards for Multi-Substance Impairment will be an integral piece of legislation passed during this upcoming legislative session. Its passage will alter how police officers conduct roadside sobriety tests in order to use current, accurate procedures; all officers will also receive necessary training in administering and scoring these exams correctly – the goal being enhancing accuracy when citizens are pulled over by law enforcement for suspected DUI.
Problem with Standardized Field Sobriety Tests
At any carnival where horse races are betted upon, the chances are pretty good that an unscrupulous carnival barker is going to fix the game – and that is what has happened with the NHTSA’s inaccurate “standardized field sobriety test” (SFST) claims. Multiple experts in testing, measurement and medicine have demonstrated that many NHTSA studies contain nothing but poppycock.
SFSTs were initially devised during the 1970s in an attempt to reduce highway fatalities caused by drunk driving. Initial studies produced more than ten potential roadside evaluations which were then reduced down to three primary tests for law enforcement use: HGN (horizontal gaze nystagmus), walk and turn, and one-legged stand tests.
These tests are utilized by police officers to make arrest decisions, and have great weight in court when presented by experienced DUI defense attorneys. Unfortunately, many people remain unaware that these assessments can be extremely unreliable when it comes to determining if someone is impaired.
