Hurfville Road Case Study

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1. OPERATION OF THE VEHICLE: The arrested advised while traveling northbound on Hurffville Road, he struck an "oil slick" causing him to rear end the back of a UPS style delivery vehicle. 2. ARRIVAL AT SCENE: Upon my arrival on the scene, I observed a blue Chevrolet with heavy front-end damage in the middle of the intersection. I made contact with both drivers who were out of their vehicles and standing on the side of the road. Both drivers reported no injuries at that time. As I was collecting all the necessary information, I turned my attention to the driver of the Chevrolet who was pacing back and forth and acting erratically. I then shouted to him to get out of the street because he was almost struck from the pacing. I made contact with him and asked him to surrender his driver’s license. The driver advised he did not have his license on him at the time but provided Joseph Walsh as his name. After gathering all the necessary documents, I …show more content…

I advised him to remain in that position until I told him otherwise. I began to check for lack of smooth pursuit when Joseph moved his head. I advised Joseph to keep his head still and following the stimulus (pen) with his eyes only. After explain the instructions to him again, he stated he understood. I then moved the stimulus in one smooth pass across his face and observed his eyes were able to equally track. I continued to move the stimulus across his face and observed nystagmus as he followed. There was a distinct and sustained nystagmus at maximum deviation also in both eyes. I also observed nystagmus prior to forty-five degrees in both eyes. The next test I administered was the Walk and Turn

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