Reader’s Question:

When having fun during Saturday nights, I usually drive home with a little drink but the good thing is, I haven’t been arrested for DUI here in Muncie, Indiana. But if I will be, what are the signs that an officer would be looking for in a person who is suspected for drunk driving?

Amare

Muncie, IN

First, an arresting officer should have a probable cause to stop you because of a DUI suspicion. You must be weaving, making a wide turn, crossing the center line, etc. And if you would be arrested for DUI in Muncie, Indiana, the usual physical signs that a police officer always looks for would be your speech, eyes, odor and physical movements. A person’s eyes are likely the most important indication that someone is drunk driving because as they say, the eyes don’t lie. This can be proven by one of the field sobriety tests which is the nystagmus test, which results in rapid involuntary oscillation of the eyeballs when a person is intoxicated.

After some physical observation, the officer would also ask simple questions. The questions, along with the person’s driving pattern, odor of alcohol from the driver’s breathing or inside the vehicle, answers and physical symptoms, would assist the officer to form his or her professional opinion of whether or not to reasonably suspect that the driver may have been driving on a public highway while either impaired or intoxicated from alcohol or drugs, or both.

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