What do police look for before they stop someone on suspicion of DUI?
Most DUI arrests occur at night and on weekends. The following is a list of indicators that someone might be DUI. The list is based upon research conducted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA):
- Turning with a wide radius
- Straddling the center of lane marker
- Almost striking an object or vehicle
- Weaving
- Swerving
- Going more than 10 mph below the speed limit
- Stopping for no reason in a traffic lane
- Following too closely
- Drifting
- Running tires on the center line or lane marker
- Braking erratically
- Driving into opposing or crossing traffic
- Signaling in a way that doesn’t match driving actions (for example, signaling left and then turning right)
- Slow response to traffic signals
- Stopping inappropriately
- Turning abruptly or illegally
- Accelerating or decelerating rapidly
- Driving with the headlights off (at night)
