• nimpnin@sopuli.xyz
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    16 hours ago

    Do some countries really use dumb tests like this to enforce DUI laws? What?

    • CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works
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      5 hours ago

      Field sobriety tests are complete pseudoscience and only exist to gain evidence against you not to prove you’re sober. You should never consent to them and if an officer asks you to take one you’re already going to jail regardless.

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            3 hours ago

            Aren’t there these weird stripes to lick that show some other drugs?

            Anyway, not being able to recall an alphabet might mean you’re doing drugs, it might also mean you’ve seen way too many people get shot by police for fun and you’re stressed as fuck.

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              3 hours ago

              I can’t say I’ve seen those strips, I’ve seen the strips they use to determine what a solution of substance found is and typically just see an electronic saliva analyzer device for someone they suspect is under the influence of drugs. Either way, those field tests are so unreliable that judges don’t even accept them as evidence.

              Ya my brain empties when a cashier asks for my birthdate when I buy alcohol even though I’m in my 30s.