Anacortes Mt Vernon Burlington Skagit County DUI Attorney: Handwriting Test
The field sobriety tests are a critical component to the DUI arrest and investigation process. The following information is an excerpt from the upcoming book, "The DUI Handbook for the Accused, Vol. II." This valuable book is due out in March, 2011 and is the most thorough and complete DUI resource for the accused in the United States. Please check back for an announcment as to its availability. It will be avialble in over 100 online bookstores in including amazon.com and barnesandnoble.com.
Handwriting
Another test that is not often done by law enforcement but is occasionally used by prosecuting attorneys to indicate possible impairment is handwriting. In a 2003 study the researchers concluded that while handwriting changes can be observed at any level of alcohol, "none of the alterations in handwriting can be attributed to the effects of alcohol intake alone." Asicioglu, F, Turan, N. Handwriting Changes Under the Effect of Alcohol. Forensic Sci Int. 8;132(3):201-210. Page 201 (April 2003) Additionally another study concluded that handwriting could not be used in any way to measure accurately the blood alcohol concentration of a writer. Galbraith, NG. Alcohol: Its Effect on Handwriting. J Forensic Sci. 31(2):580-588. Page 580 (April 1986)
In summary, there is not a scientific study that has indicated that such a handwriting test has ever been evaluated for reliability as a "sobriety test" to determine alcohol influence or impairment.
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