“Oh yeah, never take the field sobriety tests. Those things are basically unpassable. Especially if you add the stress of being pulled over and the distraction of passing traffic. Breathalyzer only.”
Actually this is a true story. I failed one once and I was sober. I was put under arrest and the first thing I did was demand the breathalyzer test. In fact I said to the officer “bring it out right now!” The officer then realized I was not drunk at 4 am just an over tired college student. He was running a special on drunk drivers that night so he told me to go home and go to bed.
I was later told by a cop friend of mine that demanding the breathalyzer right then was the best and right thing to do.
We did the field sobriety tests once in high school, I don’t even remember why they definitely weren’t giving us anything to be be unsober, only the athletes passed. They’re basically a trap.
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