Everett Lynnwood Snohomish County DUI Attorney: Alphabet, County Down and Finger to Nose Test
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Alphabet, Count Down, and Finger Count Tests
Other non-standardized field sobriety tests that are often used are the alphabet recitation, a numerical count down, and finger count tests. The alphabet test requires the subject to recite part of the alphabet (e.g., starting at a letter other than A and stopping at a letter other than Z). The count down test simply requires the subject to count aloud numbers in reverse, from highest to lowest. For example count backwards from 50 to 30. The finger count test requires the subject to touch the tip of the thumb to the tip of each finger on the same hand in a particular order while counting (e.g., "one, two, three, four—four, three, two, one).
These tests were considered in the initial NHTSA study in 1977 but were discarded and therefore not selected as accurate indicators of alcohol impairment. The Standardized Field Sobriety Test (SFST) Student Manual warns that these techniques are not as reliable as the SFST tests and "do not replace the SFST." NHTSA, U.S. Department of Transportation, HS 178 R2/00. DWI Detection and Standardized Field Sobriety Testing, Student Manual. Page VI-4 (2000)
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