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While you are balancing, the officer will look for six clues: amount and direction of swaying, eyelid/body tremors, estimate of when 30 seconds has passed, muscle tone, sounds or statements made during the test, ability to follow directions.
California police officers look out for the following six “clues” in “scoring” whether or not a driver is under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs. The amount and direction in which the suspect sways. The suspect’s estimated passage of 30 seconds. Eyelid tremors and/or body/leg tremors.
• Discuss Modified Romberg Balance test: How to administer properly and describe what the results indicate. • Explain the relationship between eye examinations and the seven drug categories.
Marijuana DUI: The Modified Romberg Balance Test. If you asked Dr. Moritz Heinrich Romberg him what his legacy would be while he was on his death bed in 1873, we doubt he would say field sobriety testing for drug and marijuana DUIs.
What is a modified Romberg balance test? The modified Romberg balance test is a test law enforcement sometimes use to determine if a driver is under the influence. It’s not one of the field sobriety tests approved by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).
The modified Romberg test, which has been shown to approximate computerized dynamic posturography (CDP) testing (2), shows promise as a screening test of vestibular-mediated balance function that predicts the clinically-important risk of falling during normal daily activities.
The 12-Step DRE Protocol. The DREs utilize a 12-step process to assess DUID suspects: 1. Breath Alcohol Test. The arresting officer reviews the subject’s breath alcohol concentration (BrAC) test results and determines if the subject’s apparent impairment is consistent with the subject’s BrAC.
An officer conducting a Modified Romberg Test is looking for three indicators: time estimation, tremors, and swaying. These are all being looked for a the same time. Tremors may be eyelid or body or muscle tremors. Sway may be front-to-back, side-to-side or circular/rotational.
The modified Romberg test, which has been shown to approximate computer ized dynamic posturography testiug (2), shows promise as a screening test of vestibular-mediated balance func tion that predicts the clinically important risk of falling during nonnal daily activities.
One can also have individuals perform the Romberg test on a foam block, which makes it much harder as well. This is sometimes called the "modified Romberg" (Agrawal et al, 2011).