With experience as an assistant public defender for Richland County in Columbia, South Carolina, Stephen Krzyston serves as an attorney at the Cavanaugh & Thickens law firm. As part of his areas of professional experience, Stephen Krzyston assists clients facing charges as a result of field sobriety testing. Members of law enforcement use standardized field sobriety tests (SFST) to determine whether the operator of a vehicle is impaired. The tests can be used as evidence in court in most U.S. states. The SFST has three parts. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), these are the horizontal gaze nystagmus test, the walk-and-turn test, and the one-leg stand test. During each part of the test, a member of law enforcement aims to determine whether a driver is impaired based on physical behaviors, such as swaying while balancing or exaggerated eye movements. In South Carolina, an individual may refuse to take an SFST. Refusing does not result in the same penalties as refusing to undergo urine, blood, or breath alcohol tests. That said, refusing to participate in the SFST test may prompt a police officer to arrest an individual.
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