DUI Tampa Sobriety Test Controversy

Divide is growing over roadside sobriety tests: "Divide is growing over roadside sobriety tests - Standards have police, scientists, lawyers at odds.

Heels together. Toes out. Hands at your sides. Raise the leg of your choice in front of you, 6 inches off the ground, leg straight, toe pointed. Keep your eyes on your raised toe and begin counting aloud from 1,001 until I say stop . . . Some night on the side of the road, police lights flashing behind you, your freedom may depend on how well you do this.

Did you sway? Raise your arms for balance? Hop, or put your foot down? If you did any two, an officer will conclude with 65 percent accuracy, as stipulated in the prevailing science, that you may be too drunk to drive. . . . The NHTSA says officers using scores from all three tests will be 91 percent accurate in making an arrest. But in a case that made nationwide last year, an officer in Washington arrested attorney Debra Bolton after determining she failed all three. Bolton, who had had a glass of wine with dinner, challenged the charges. They were dropped."