Too Fat for Field Sobriety Test?

Baack · Dec 22, 2009

MADD and Other Watchdog Groups Call 'Fat' Defense 'Fiction'

"I don't think they should ever be conducted for a whole host of reasons," said Taylor, who cited the example of a 45-year-old woman with arthritis who is wearing high heels as someone who is not likely to do well on a field sobriety test whether or not she is in fact impaired. Taylor said that the same goes for an obese man who likely not perform well on the nine-step Walk and Turn test.
"It doesn't take an expert to conclude that obesity is going to affect your performance in the field," he said.
Taylor also argued that police officers are predisposed to fail suspects in the field because they "smell alcohol on their breaths" and not necessarily because they don't pass all of the field tests.
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kajidono · Dec 23, 2009

A 45-year-old woman with arthritis is not going to be wearing high heels.

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