Quick answer: Yes. Field sobriety tests are voluntary in Texas — you can politely decline the eye test, walk-and-turn, and one-leg stand with no automatic license penalty. These tests are designed to build evidence against you, and even sober people fail them. Refusing chemical tests has different consequences.
This video explains the difference most drivers never learn until it’s too late: roadside field sobriety tests are optional, and declining them carries no ALR suspension — unlike refusing a breath or blood test after arrest.
It covers what the three standardized tests actually measure, why nerves, age, weight, footwear, injuries, and uneven pavement produce false failures, and how officers grade the tests subjectively. If you took them and “failed,” the video explains how those results are challenged in court.
Related reading: Can you refuse DWI Field Sobriety Tests?
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