| Q. |
In this case you wrote two tickets,
didn't you? One for speeding and the second for
DUI? |
| A. |
I did. |
| Q. |
And based upon the tickets you wrote, your arrest
report and your testimony here, the only problems
you observed that involved the defendant's driving
was speeding and DUI, right? |
| A. |
That's quite enough, don't you think? |
| Q. |
Absolutely. Are you aware of a federal agency,
the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration,
known as NHTSA? |
| A. |
Yes, I am. |
| Q. |
Among their responsibilities is to research and
devise way and means of detecting drivers impaired
by alcohol, correct? |
| A. |
I believe it is. |
| Q. |
Then, surely you know there are certain types
of driving patterns that indicate alcohol-impaired
driving, right? |
| A. |
I believe so. |
| Q. |
And among those driving patterns that indicate
alcohol impaired driving are weaving, driving too
slowly and disobeying traffic control devices, right? |
| A. |
Yes. |
| Q. |
Isn't it true that of the 24 indicators of driving
under the influence of an alcoholic beverage, not
one of them includes or involves speeding? |
| A. |
I guess that's true. |
| Q. |
In other words, alcohol, ethanol, which is a central
nervous system depressant, isn't it? |
| A. |
Yes. |
| Q. |
When impaired by a depressant, a person would
talk, walk, react and think slower, right? |
| A. |
Right. |
| Q. |
But the only driving problem exhibited by the
defendant before you arrested him for DUI was speeding,
right? |
| A. |
Yes. |
| Q. |
And that's the only improper driving pattern that
does not indicate the presence of alcohol, right?
|
| A. |
I guess so. |
| Q. |
Actually, it's just the opposite of what you would
expect to observe in a drunken driver? |
| A. |
I don't know. |
| Q. |
They should be going slower, not speeding, correct?
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