| In Orange County, the number of arrests for DUI | | | | Once the officer feels that the driver is under the |
| cases in 1998 was approximately 14,000, according to | | | | influence, the officer will ask the driver to take a field |
| statistics by MADD (Mothers against Drunk Driving). | | | | sobriety test. The driver may refuse to take the test, |
| The number of victims is 2000 for the same year and | | | | but the refusal may be considered as evidence later |
| therefore the number of arrests per victim is 7. | | | | during the trial. Hence it is better to oblige the |
| A DUI arrest is made only after certain tests and the | | | | authorities. Further it should also be noted that in |
| officer declares that the accused has failed. When an | | | | California, an attorney can't be consulted before taking |
| officer stops the car suspecting that the driver is under | | | | the test. |
| the influence, the officer looks for traditional symptoms | | | | The common definition of field sobriety test is 'any |
| of intoxication such as flushed face, bloodshot eyes, | | | | number of tests used by a law enforcement officer, |
| odor of alcohol of breath and slurred speech. | | | | usually on the roadside, to determine whether the |
| According to the National Highway Traffic | | | | driver is impaired'. FSTs test balance, coordination and |
| Administration, the symptoms that officers look for | | | | ability to divide his or her attention among many tasks. |
| when searching for drunken drivers are turning with a | | | | The standardized tests are heel-to-toe, one leg stand |
| wide radius, straddling the center of lane marker and | | | | and horizontal gaze nystagmus. |
| almost striking object or other vehicles. | | | | |