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re: COPs on DwI giving bs eye test
Posted on 4/29/18 at 2:32 pm to thelawnwranglers
Posted on 4/29/18 at 2:32 pm to thelawnwranglers
I’ve always heard the same advice - don’t take the tests. The policeman asks you to get out of the car because he or she is already convinced that you are impaired; otherwise, why waste time giving the tests to a person that you believe is sober? For the eye test, don’t move your eyes all the way to the limit. Stop following the pen when you get to a comfortable spot. In the end it doesn’t matter though - the test is subjective and there isn’t any proof of how you performed. Just don’t do it.
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Posted on 4/29/18 at 2:45 pm to OysterPoBoy
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You should ace the backwards alphabet deal.
Backwards yes can't sing the song backwards
Posted on 4/29/18 at 2:48 pm to KosmoCramer
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They try and scare you with the mandatory license suspension.
I don't think that is a scare tactic in Louisiana, I believe it is, in fact, the law. If it is not, I know of at least one person who got screwed in the recent past.
Posted on 4/29/18 at 2:50 pm to LSU6262
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shouldn't have blown
Shouldn't have driven drunk
Posted on 4/29/18 at 2:51 pm to BobABooey
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For the eye test, don’t move your eyes all the way to the limit. Stop following the pen when you get to a comfortable spot.
You're asking some baw who got pulled over because he can't keep his F250 between the ditches to try to successfully cheat on an eye test.
Posted on 4/30/18 at 6:51 am to thelawnwranglers
You driving drunk loser?
Spell Uber...
Spell Uber...
Posted on 4/30/18 at 7:00 am to BobABooey
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For the eye test, don’t move your eyes all the way to the limit. Stop following the pen when you get to a comfortable spot. In the end it doesn’t matter though - the test is subjective and there isn’t any proof of how you performed. Just don’t do it.
Your eyes dont move in a smooth motion when drunk. They stagger, for lack of a better way to describe it.
Back in my drinking days my wife would test me by asking me to look at some random crap on her phone and slowly move the phone as i was trying to focus in. Smart gal. She busted me when i was drinking and usually passed when not.
Posted on 4/30/18 at 7:02 am to ksayetiger
Your wife would give you sobriety tests? I hope you meant before letting you drive and not in general
Posted on 4/30/18 at 7:26 am to mdomingue
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I don't think that is a scare tactic in Louisiana, I believe it is, in fact, the law. If it is not, I know of at least one person who got screwed in the recent past
It is the law in many states, but that can be challenged depending on the circumstances.
If the court finds no probable cause for the arrest, and/or no reasonable suspicion for the stop, the suspension can be thrown out.
Get a good lawyer, and give the officer no video, audio, or chemical evidence and you can have a case.
Posted on 4/30/18 at 7:47 am to KosmoCramer
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Get a good lawyer, and give the officer no video, audio, or chemical evidence and you can have a case.
Not really an issue for me. I'm 230 pounds and rarely have 2 drinks, regardless of whether I'm driving. I can't recall the last time I had 2 when driving.
Easiest way to avoid this situation is to avoid drinking more than 1 drink per hour and to make that decision prior to taking a drink. A person who is drunk cannot be expected to make a reasonable decision regarding their own fitness to drive.
On that note
Posted on 4/30/18 at 7:58 am to KosmoCramer
Speaking from my years working the road: If I pulled you over for DWI, I already observed erratic or unsafe driving. I observed your mannerisms, balance, speech, etc. The test only confirmed my observations. When I wrote the arrest report, you were done before even taking the test. Unless the law has changed, if you refuse the breath test in La, you do not get to take a blood test. It is in addition to the mandated test(at your expense). The suspension of your license is mandatory for a refusal. In my 20 years as a trooper, I never had a defendant found not guilty. With all of the options available now, just do not drink and drive. I do not want to sound cocky, but no attorney ever intimidated me or scared me. In fact there were very few in my area that I did not know well and got along well with. They did their job and I did mine.
Posted on 4/30/18 at 8:01 am to dwr353
I can’t wait for technology to solve this problem with self-driving cars.
Posted on 4/30/18 at 8:04 am to dwr353
Are you one of those 300 lb cops or one of those that shoots black people?
Posted on 4/30/18 at 8:12 am to Bullfrog
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I can’t wait for technology to solve this problem with self-driving cars.
It really will be a conundrum trying to figure out a reasonable suspicion to pull someome over when its a computer driving.
Posted on 4/30/18 at 8:23 am to Displaced
It was a different time back then. Shootings were very rare. Police cars did not have cameras recording everything. If I made a stop and the driver was a good guy who made a mistake, I had the choice to let someone else drive and send him on his way. I could also park his car and have someone come get him. Sadly society has changed. Officers are micromanaged now and have little flexibility. What worked then would probably not work now.
Posted on 4/30/18 at 8:26 am to thelawnwranglers
TD members are allowed one post after arrest.
Posted on 4/30/18 at 8:28 am to Purple Spoon
Did you not fully read my post? Your one of those cats that got a F on your exam cause at the very bottom it said don’t open this packet until the instructor tells you to. I’m an advocate for NOT driving impaired. I don’t beleive in it. In this day and age there’s no justifiable reason to do it. I simply said, if you are dumb enough to get yourself into a situation, the best course of action to take to NOT incriminate yourself. That is all...I’ve been on both sides and I know how it works.
Posted on 4/30/18 at 8:39 am to thelawnwranglers
Perfectly sober people can still fail the eye test.
That’s why it’s typically inadmissible and the cops know that. They just want the money.
That’s why it’s typically inadmissible and the cops know that. They just want the money.
Posted on 4/30/18 at 8:42 am to TigerFanInSouthland
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Perfectly sober people can still fail the eye test.
Extremely rare. HGN tests are very reliable...the problem is most cops aren't really qualified to give them and fudge on the results. And they are admissible.
This post was edited on 4/30/18 at 8:43 am
Posted on 4/30/18 at 8:55 am to thelawnwranglers
Can't fail the eye test if you are passed out.
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