Taimoor Rana is seasoned criminal defense attorney specializing in DUI related cases. He shares his expert legal opinion here How Blood Tests Work in DUI and DWI Cases »
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- Once the police asks you to pull over for DUI or DWI, you will be required to give a breath test or you may end up taking a blood test to measure the blood alcohol content (BAC) in your body. The BAC level a crucial piece of evidence that the prosecution will use in proving that you were driving drunk.
Thus it is important to understand what this test measures, how it is administered and what can affect the results.
There are devices that have now been placed in police cars, known as breath testing equipment, that measure breath alcohol levels in suspected drunk drivers. But in case you have been accused of DUI or DWI and believe that the breath analysis is not accurate, you should request a blood test.
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Diabetes and the Counterfeit DUI »
Opposite to a popular belief, police officers does not have any inherent skill and they seek very little training in detecting levels of intoxication. In reality without taking into consideration any alternative explanations, they are just psychologically predisposed in a drunk driving investigation to “see” what they expect to see.
Let us consider one of those possibilities her. As we all know, those who are suffering from diabetes commonly experience hypoglycemia i.e. low blood sugar levels. And its symptoms are slow and slurred speech, poor balance, impaired motor control, staggering, drowsiness, flushed face, disorientation, explaining this in other words, it has all those symptoms that are considered as the classic symptoms of alcohol intoxication. To the arresting police officer this individual will look and act like a drunk driver, and it is obvious that he will fail any DUI “field sobriety tests”.
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