What can affect one's performance on Field Sobriety Tests?

What can affect one's on Field Sobriety Tests?

Even SOBER persons can have difficulty with these tests, as stated by The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The reason is as the NHTSA has admitted, are several factors that affect every person, such as:

• Age
• Being ill
• The distraction of traffic
• The police car�s strobe lights
• Fatigued
• Footwear
• Lack of coordination
• Gusts of wind
• Weight
• Road or sidewalk conditions
• Allergies
• Scared
• Head lights of traffic
• Weather conditions
• Being nervousness
• Back problems
• Leg or knee problems
• Inner ear disorders