My knees are bad, my ankles are worse, and my feet have peripheral neuropathy which screws up my sense of balance.
I actually tried out the famous cognitive DUI test of walking in a straight line heel to toe with my neurologist.
Oh hell no, I get to about the third heel coming forward and I'm done. although it's actually worse than that.
I can't walk in a straight line without drifting side to side under normal conditions. and by side to side I mean 3-4 feet.

Given that our forum population isn't the 20 something crowd... could you walk the straight line?

 

Lets hope you don't get pulled over for a sobriety check Jerry, or you are going straight to the slammer for the night regardless. lol.

 

I'd be in the slammer next to you . . no way can I walk a straight line but hopefully can tell a good story. No, drinking. No, not me. Just dogging pot holes . . . unlike you officer I have to buy my own tires and you know what Michigan roads are like!

 

I practice center & balance daily using a couple Qigong routines. It helps a lot.

 

I can. With a cane.

 

Just as an aside, the sobriety test that cops like to give, is optional. You may politely refuse. The best way to do that is to say: "On the advice of counsel, I respectably decline to take this test."

All you are required to give is your identification and address. You don't have to answer any questions, ie "had any drinks today?"

90% of convictions result from what a suspect says. Don't lie, just politely decline. You may have to submit to a chemical test (blood, breath or urine) but that is a different deal.

Performing balance exercises is important for preventing problems later.

 

That's a good one Dave , lol, if you haven't been through that process before you sure sound prepared for the day when it does. j/k lmao

 

I developed vertigo a few years ago, and even though I went to physical therapy, I still have it. There is no way I could pass the DUI heal to toe test, sober or not. Even walking in a straight line is difficult. It is frustrating.

 

I just did in my home. After my TIA I would have fallen on my ass. I think exercise and detailing cars has been the reason I can now do this.

 

Absolutely not for me with my leg can’t do it sober, never tried doing it under the influence don’t know how much worse I would be doing the ‘sidewalk Olympics’.