You’ve probably seen or heard of people doing roadside tests during a DUI investigation. But how much do you really know about those “tests?” First, you may hear them called different things: roadside tests, roadside maneuvers, standard field sobriety tests (SFST’s). These tests are “premised on the predictable effects of the consumption of ethyl alcohol:… Read more »
Posts Tagged: Roadside maneuvers
Rachael Ray Tries DUI Tests
Rachael Ray, a celebrity cook with her own television show, tried to perform roadside maneuvers on her show and was not able to do them very well. Roadside tests are given to people suspected of DUI. The officer had her do the horizontal gaze nystagmus test, which is an eye test, and part of the… Read more »
DUI Wetlab Results – Participant 7
Finally, we have reached our last set of results for our wetlab experiment. If you have been following our blog, you can skip right to the results because you know the set up of our experiment. If you have not been following along over the last few weeks, here is the rundown. We, Dahl, Fischer… Read more »
DUI Wetlab Results – Participant 6
So far we have learned a few lessons from our wetlab results. First, and maybe most importantly, this experiment was for fun, not for scientific results. If we wanted more accurate results, we would have to do a better job of controlling the environment. But, it did show us that people who are socializing and… Read more »
DUI Wetlab Results – Participant 5
Dahl, Fischer & Wilks, Xcite Media and VonFeldt & Beatty Investigations asked for volunteers to participate in a wetlab. We tried to simulate a typical office happy hour and then asked our volunteers to submit to some testing to find out if they would be safe to drive home. While the results for every person… Read more »
DUI Wetlab Results – Participant 4
We are half way through the results collected during our happy hour wetlab. A few weeks ago, some volunteers agreed to have some drinks and snacks and allow us to test their BAC levels through PBT’s and roadside testing. Participant 4 is a 41 year old, 5’11”, 220 lb. male. He told us he… Read more »
DUI Wetlab Results – Participant 3
We have been posting results from our non-scientific wetlab and have some more to share with you today. As a reminder, the wetlab was non-scientific because the participants were responsible for monitoring and accurately reporting their own alcohol consumption and food intake, we did not use a calibrated PBT and we did not conduct the… Read more »
DUI Wetlab Results – Participant 2
If you have been following our blog the last couple of weeks, you know that we conducted a wetlab at a happy hour. We had volunteers participate in a typical happy hour and then asked them to take PBT’s and roadside tests. Participant 2 is a 25 year old male. He is 6’1″ and weighs… Read more »
DUI Wetlab Results – Participant 1
A few weeks ago Dahl, Fischer & Wilks, Xcite Media and VonFeldt & Beatty Investigations put on a wetlab to see how many people would actually be safe to drive home following a happy hour… turns out, no one was safe to drive home. We had each participant fill out a questionnaire to get some… Read more »
DUI Wetlab – "2 Beers Officer"
Dahl, Fischer & Wilks, with the help of Xcite Media and Von Feldt & Beatty Investigations conducted a wetlab following a happy hour. The purpose of the wetlab was to educate people about the “danger” of a harmless after work happy hour – how easily a few drinks can turn into a DUI. Many participants… Read more »
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