The #MilbDailyThread - 4/25

Jaypers said:

Mason Williams arrested for DUI this morning. :banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead:

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VandyDan said:

Under the legal limit, but failed field sobriety test. Might that mean he was intoxicated by something else?

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sheetskout said:

Or it could mean that he did absolutely nothing wrong....

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VandyDan said:

It could mean that. But it is unusual to fail a field sobriety test if you are unimpaired. He may simply have been very tired, which can happen (a little beer + a lot tired = failed field test).

We shall see.

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jumbojohnny said:

Funny things about field tests - You can ask the officer to demonstrate the test as often as needed, if they cannot successfully demonstrate the act needed to be performed you can omit the test. I have used this trick to get a cop to let me go, simply because I was not intoxicated and he got tired of me asking to perform the straight line test.

You can omit a test if you have physical limitations (I have a reconstructed right knee, they cannot ask me to walk a straight line or stand on one foot), I would fail most times because I cannot support all of my wieght on my right leg without wiggling or tipping. My buddy has a hearing issue and it causes a balance issue because it effects his ear drums, so he would fail the straight line test on most days also.

Unless a breathalizer is also administered and failed, many field tests will not be sufficient in court. They are only to be used as guides to help sort out the drunks from the maybe drunks and to put fear into drivers that may have something to hide.

* MY last pull over was a really hot state officer. Road check and she asked me to step out of the car and take some tests. I gladly complied and let her demonstrate. I kept making innocent and playful comments about her ticketing me just so I could get her name and maybe her number. She must have thought I was serious...She ticketed me for a headlight infraction. I had both headlights working, but she said if I brought my car by the station THE NEXT DAY between 10-6 she would drop the ticket. Sure enough, she was there and happy to see me, with her number in hand.

I was last pulled over 12 years ago, two days before I met my soon to be wife at college. Talk about sweet timing!

I learned these tips from my local D.A.R.E. officer, my Uncle the Sheriff, and cousin the State Trooper. How these rules apply per state I do not know, but NY and CT are on the same page.

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