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Yeah, I've seen those tests on "cops". I drink maybe two bottles of beer in a year and I'm sure I would have failed some of those tests like saying the alphabet

by tyfon 7y ago

Yeah, I've seen those tests on "cops". I drink maybe two bottles of beer in a year and I'm sure I would have failed some of those tests like saying the alphabet backwards!

H8crilA 7y ago
Lol is that a thing? Say the alphabet backwards?
- tyfon 7y ago
  Sure is.. Here is one that has been practising just that [1]. The cop even remarks on how she's never seen anyone do that! [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beNPsSRV_5U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beNPsSRV_5U
  - anonymfus 7y ago
    Comments under this video claim that this scene is from comedy TV series "Reno 911".
  - learc83 7y ago
    That's from the TV show Reno 911.
  - hn_throwaway_99 7y ago
    Lol. That is from Reno 911, unfortunately it left out the last part which is awesome: https://youtu.be/D6VQDNIZH7U https://youtu.be/D6VQDNIZH7U All these people arguing over "recite the alphabet backwards" but AFAIK no actual, non-comedy-show police department uses that as a sobriety test.
kss238 7y ago
That's why I practice the alphabet backwards when I'm drunk.
- mc3 7y ago
  It makes a good drinking game.
billh 7y ago
Tests like the one to "Say the alphabet backwards" are not designed to test intoxication but to elicit a response similar to "I can't even do that sober". This type of reply can then be used as a confession.
- bdcravens 7y ago
  A police officer explained to me that some of the other tests are using testing for things other than the obvious (for instance, even if you follow the pen, your eyes jump in a way that's a tell-tale sign of intoxication)
  - FireBeyond 7y ago
    "Vertical nystagmus". Which is all well and good, but many people have that entirely apropos of alcohol consumption.
- johnisgood 7y ago
  What would be the best response to that? Both "I cannot do that sober" and "I cannot do that drunk" sounds incriminating enough.
- baddox 7y ago
  Where are you getting that idea? As far as I know, that’s the punchline of a common joke. I’ve never heard the claim that it’s actually the purpose of sobriety tests.

by tyfon 7y ago

Yeah, I've seen those tests on "cops". I drink maybe two bottles of beer in a year and I'm sure I would have failed some of those tests like saying the alphabet backwards!

H8crilA 7y ago

Lol is that a thing? Say the alphabet backwards?

tyfon 7y ago
Sure is.. Here is one that has been practising just that [1]. The cop even remarks on how she's never seen anyone do that! [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beNPsSRV_5U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beNPsSRV_5U
- anonymfus 7y ago
  Comments under this video claim that this scene is from comedy TV series "Reno 911".
- learc83 7y ago
  That's from the TV show Reno 911.
- hn_throwaway_99 7y ago
  Lol. That is from Reno 911, unfortunately it left out the last part which is awesome: https://youtu.be/D6VQDNIZH7U https://youtu.be/D6VQDNIZH7U All these people arguing over "recite the alphabet backwards" but AFAIK no actual, non-comedy-show police department uses that as a sobriety test.

kss238 7y ago

That's why I practice the alphabet backwards when I'm drunk.

mc3 7y ago
It makes a good drinking game.

billh 7y ago

Tests like the one to "Say the alphabet backwards" are not designed to test intoxication but to elicit a response similar to "I can't even do that sober". This type of reply can then be used as a confession.

bdcravens 7y ago
A police officer explained to me that some of the other tests are using testing for things other than the obvious (for instance, even if you follow the pen, your eyes jump in a way that's a tell-tale sign of intoxication)
- FireBeyond 7y ago
  "Vertical nystagmus". Which is all well and good, but many people have that entirely apropos of alcohol consumption.
johnisgood 7y ago
What would be the best response to that? Both "I cannot do that sober" and "I cannot do that drunk" sounds incriminating enough.
baddox 7y ago
Where are you getting that idea? As far as I know, that’s the punchline of a common joke. I’ve never heard the claim that it’s actually the purpose of sobriety tests.