Submitted by victorix58 t3_1252pk5 in Pennsylvania
heili t1_je5vl5q wrote
Reply to comment by Spookyvision404 in Lawmaker takes drug test to prove Pennsylvania DUI laws unfair by victorix58
> Standardized Field Sobriety Tests were created to test for alcohol impairment and NOT marijuana impairment. The current Field sobriety tests are unreliable when it comes to an indication of marijuana impairment
The only "field sobriety test" that has any scientific basis is a properly administered horizontal gaze nystagmus test, and even that is easily rendered completely inaccurate by things like holding the object too close or too far from someone's face, moving the object too fast, incorrect angle, not viewing the eyes at eye level, movement of the fluid in the inner ear, dry eyes, caffeine, contact lenses, stress, smoking, seizure medication and antidepressants.
So that one is garbage too. Field Sobriety Tests (the dog-and-pony show) exist for no other reason than that they will almost certainly be used to claim probable cause to force an arrest and chemical testing.
Spookyvision404 t1_je7kn3o wrote
Agreed, I just didn’t want to go down the rabbit hole of how much of a garbage science the SFSTs really are.
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