Answer:
Yes. Physical limitations, balance or coordination difficulties, age, weight, and fatigue can affect walking and balance tests even when a person is sober. Those factors should be considered when evaluating the test results.
Field sobriety exercises require coordination and balance. A person’s physical condition can affect their ability to perform the walk-and-turn or one-leg-stand test, even without alcohol impairment.
This video discusses age, weight, disabilities affecting balance or coordination, and the effects of a strenuous workout as factors that may influence performance. An OVI defense can examine those circumstances alongside how the officer administered the tests.
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