Diabetes and the Counterfeit DUI »

August 1, 2009

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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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