How often do field sobriety tests generate false-positives?

The three most common field-sobriety tests used in law enforcement are the walk and turn, one-leg stand, and the horizontal gaze nystagmus. Each of these methods have high failure rates and produce false positives due to poor conditions or improper determinations. Some people have medical conditions that inhibit them from control over their eye trajectory, which would cause them to fail the test. Other individuals have balance issues from underlying health problems which would result in failed tests from the one-leg stand and the walk and turn. The Journal of Perceptual and Motor Skills published that 46 percent of the time (nearly half of the time) officers incorrectly assess sober people as intoxicated individuals.

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