{"id":574416,"date":"2026-06-03T10:00:32","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T14:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dannygloverlawfirm.com\/blog\/?p=574416"},"modified":"2026-05-07T18:17:44","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T22:17:44","slug":"one-leg-stand-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dannygloverlawfirm.com\/blog\/one-leg-stand-test\/","title":{"rendered":"The One Leg Stand Test | What Drivers Should Know About SFST"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The One Leg Stand, or &#8220;OLS,&#8221; is one of three &#8220;verified&#8221; Standardized Field Sobriety Tests (SFSTs) recognized by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), alongside the Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus and the Walk-and-Turn test. If pulled over on suspicion of impaired driving on the Outer Banks of North Carolina, there&#8217;s a reasonable chance the charging officer requested the suspect to submit to the One Leg Stand test.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The One-Leg Stand is a type of divided-attention test. The officer instructs a driver to stand on one leg, raise the other approximately six inches off the ground, keep the raised leg straight, point the toe of the raised foot, and count aloud until told to stop. Training materials direct the investigating officer to time the driver for 30 seconds. That sounds relatively straightforward. Like other field sobriety tests, however, the administration, interpretation, and reliability of the One Leg Stand can be far more complicated than the basic instructions suggest.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Whether the One Leg Stand is actually a reliable indicator of impairment depends on officer training, adherence to proper procedures and protocols, roadside conditions, and the individual being tested. SFST results are regularly used as evidence in DWI prosecutions. They support arrest decisions and the determination of probable cause to arrest. They get presented to judges and juries. In North Carolina, courts apply N.C.G.S. \u00a7 20-138.1 to evaluate impaired driving charges, and the use of OLS evidence in that process can make or break a case.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dannygloverlawfirm.com\/blog\/one-leg-stand-test\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading The One Leg Stand Test | What Drivers Should Know About SFST\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The One Leg Stand, or &#8220;OLS,&#8221; is one of three &#8220;verified&#8221; Standardized Field Sobriety Tests (SFSTs) recognized by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), alongside the Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus and the Walk-and-Turn test. If pulled over on suspicion of impaired driving on the Outer Banks of North Carolina, there&#8217;s a reasonable chance the charging [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":574423,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[356],"tags":[632,721,724,717,643,702,726,424,62,718,720,655,631,719,723,683,380,725,716,715,714,634,722,220,704],"class_list":["post-574416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dui-dwi","tag-dare-county-dwi","tag-dwi-arrest","tag-dwi-defense-north-carolina","tag-dwi-evidence","tag-dwi-lawyer-outer-banks","tag-dwi-probable-cause","tag-field-sobriety-test-reliability","tag-field-sobriety-tests","tag-glover-law-firm","tag-hatteras-dwi","tag-impaired-driving-evidence","tag-kill-devil-hills-dwi","tag-manteo-dwi","tag-nags-head-dwi","tag-nhtsa-field-sobriety-tests","tag-north-carolina-dwi","tag-obx-dwi-lawyer","tag-ols-clues","tag-ols-test","tag-one-leg-stand-dwi","tag-one-leg-stand-test","tag-outer-banks-dwi","tag-roadside-sobriety-tests","tag-sfst","tag-standardized-field-sobriety-tests"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>One Leg Stand Test in North Carolina DWI Cases<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The One Leg Stand test can affect probable cause and trial evidence in North Carolina DWI cases. 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