Can drug recognition experts help after a Deer Park DUI wreck?

 

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Deer Park accident attorney answers: Poly-drug abuse represents a growing problem in Deer Park and in the Houston, TX area. Poly-drug abuse leads to an increasing number of local car accidents.  Poly-drug influenced drivers will often show behaviors abnormal for drivers impaired by alcohol alone. So field tests and breath tests might show BAC (blood alcohol content) levels lower for these drivers than the impairment in their driving would lead you to expect.

Drug recognition experts (DREs) are officers specially trained to recognize the signs of drug impairments in a DUI suspect. They examine suspects in DUI cases and make trained observations so that they can determine when to require chemical tests (such as blood draws or urine samples) to detect drugs other than alcohol. Their training enables them to identify drug signatures such as the "soma shakes."

DREs categorize their observations into 5 categories that Deer Park accident attorneys can readily apply to your Deer Park DUI accident injury claim:

• Vital signs,
  
  Psychophysical responses,
  
  Signs of drug administration on the suspect,
  
  Eye responses, and
  
  Physical and behavioral characteristics.

DRE observations can't take the place of chemical testing results in the injury claim presented on your behalf by your Deer Park accident attorney. But they can supplement these lab results and give them more convincing weight as court evidence in your Deer Park DUI case against the drug impaired driver whose negligence harmed you. Their testimony could help you win your claim against the DUI driver who injured you in Deer Park, TX.

Call us at 877.307.9500 to speak with a Board Certified Personal Injury Attorney about YOUR Deer Park case TODAY.