Please step out of the car. 10-4. Why? Because the car's in your possession. Do you have anything to drink tonight? No. Any alcohol? None? No. All the way. Keep following. Yep. You're not. You're looking at me, not the pen. I am. You're looking at me, not the pen. I see it. Can you follow it with your eyes, please? Yes, sir. Follow Follow the pen. Yes, I see it. I see it. Be ready. 1 2 3 4 Okay, you got Stop. Stop. Stop. Stop. All right. I'm sorry. That's okay. 6 7 8 Okay, you can stop. On December 4th, 2023 at 10:43 p.m. in Pequannock Township, New Jersey, a QuickChek employee called 911 after spotting a visibly intoxicated woman inside her car. Witnesses saw her hit multiple curbs while pulling in, then stumble across the parking lot before getting back behind the wheel. When Pequannock Township police arrived, they spotted a gray 2013 Kia Optima failing to signal and braking erratically for no reason. The driver suddenly made a sharp turn triggering police to initiate a stop, but she didn't pull over immediately. After a short delay, the car finally came to a stop near Elm Road and Ten Mile Road. Officers approached and found 19-year-old Laura behind the wheel. What unfolds next is jaw-dropping. A field sobriety test disaster that proves she had no business driving. Laura wasn't just drunk, she was absolutely hammered, and it's pure luck she didn't kill someone on the way to this police encounter. Leave your thoughts in the comments. Do you think she should lose her license for this? Now, let's start the body cam footage. Turn off the car. Give me the keys and step out, please. You realize that when you when you get police lights, you're supposed to pull over. Yes. Please step out of the car. Show me your license and registration. Please step out of the car. Thank you. Why? Because the car's in your possession. Right. Step back to the back of my car, please. Over here. Over here. Over here. Stand right in front of my car. What's your name? Laura. Where you coming from? Pompton Plains. Pompton Plains, you're in Pompton Plains. Where were you before Quick Check? Uh Pompton Lakes. Pompton Lakes, what were you doing there? I was just going home. From where? Pompton Lakes. What were you doing at Pompton Lakes? I was just going home. You were going home? Mhm. Did you have anything to drink tonight? No. Any alcohol? None? No. None at all? No. You take any drugs? No. No? Nothing illegal, nothing like that? No. Okay. You're not coming from a bar or anything like that? No. Anything in the car? I don't have anything in my pockets. You sure you didn't have anything to drink tonight? No. I'm going to run a few field sobriety tests, okay? What was your name again? Laura. Laura, what's your last name? Sandfort. What's in your mouth? Nothing. Stick your tongue out. What's your highest level of education? Bachelors. Bachelors? Do you have any issues with the English alphabet or counting numbers? Nothing like that, no problem? Starting with the letter B and stopping at the letter K, recite the alphabet, okay? C E D E F G H K. Okay. Starting on the number 52 and counting backwards, stopping on the number 36. Got a 51. Yep, go. 50. 69 68 67 66. Mhm. 65 64 63. 64 63 62. 60 69 60. Okay, you can stop. 59. You can stop, you can stop. You have any injuries on your hands? No way. Okay. I'm going to demonstrate, want you to look at my hand. Okay. I'm going to show you what you need to do and then I want you to do it. Don't start until I tell you to start, okay? Okay. You're going to touch touching each fingertip to each thumb. It's going to look like this. 1 2 3 4 4 3 2 1. That's one one rotation, I want you to do that three times. Do you understand? Okay. Go ahead. Go ahead. Keep going. One more time, man. Go ahead. Okay, you can stop. Have a seat on the front of this right here. Take your glasses off for me, please. Put them on the hood of my car. I want you to not put that in my car. Do you have a glass eye? No. And you you're just wearing glasses, you're not wearing contacts right now? Okay. Right now I'm going to check your eyes, okay? See the tip of this pen? You see the tip of it? Okay. What I'm going to do I'm going to bring it back and forth. I want you to follow with your eyes and your eyes only, keeping your head straight. Do you understand? This pen and eye test helps law enforcement detect intoxication by checking for involuntary eye jerking, nystagmus, which worsens with alcohol impairment. straight. Since alcohol dramatically slows brain function, failing to track the pen smoothly reveals delayed reaction time. Now, watch her eyes and imagine if someone had stepped in front of Laura's car in this state, she would have hit them many seconds before even realizing it. She had no business behind the wheel. Keep following. Keep following. Come on. Ready? Keep following. It's right here. Over here. I'm out here. I'm out here. Mhm. It's all the way. Keep following. Yep. You're not. You're looking at me, not the pen. I am. You're looking at me, not the pen. I see it. Can you follow it with your eyes, please? Yes, sir. Follow Follow the pen. Yes, I see it. I see it. Yes, sir. I see it. Look at it over here. Yes, I see it. Okay. Yes, sir. Keep following. Yes, I see it. Yes, sir. I see it. Yes, sir. I see it. Yes. Yes, sir. I see it. Yes. Yes, sir. Keep following. Yes, sir. I see it. Okay. One time, I'm going to go up now, okay? Yes, I see it. Yes. Okay. Stand up for me. Yeah, put it up. Yeah. Step Take a step forward for me. I'm going to move my car. Where are your glasses? You want to put You want Would you like to put your glasses back on? Or would you like to put them in the car? You tell me. Whatever you want. You can put them back on if you like. Go ahead. They're right here. We put them right here. They're right here. Okay. Turn around. Face me. Face this way. You don't have any Do you have any injuries to your legs No way. that would prevent you from doing a walking test? No. Okay. What about a balance test? No injuries? You're willing to do the test? Yes. Okay. I want you to put your left foot out. I'm going to I'm going to show you how to do it and then I'll talk you again into it. So, look, watch me. Watch my feet first. Your left foot out, put your right foot in front of your left foot touching heel to toe. Okay. Keep your arms down to your side and don't move from that position till I tell you to. Do you understand? Yes. Okay. Put your feet together for me. Yep, just like that, okay? Just stand in that position as best as you can while I explain the rest of the test. Okay? Okay. Once again, I'm going to explain, then I'm going to demonstrate, then I'm going to ask you if you understand, okay? For this test, I want you to take nine heel to toe steps forward. Once you get to the ninth step, keeping your front foot on the ground, I want you to take make a small turn around that front foot using short, small steps. The nine-step heel-to-toe test, also known as the walk and turn test, is used in field sobriety tests to assess a driver's balance, coordination, and ability to follow instructions, all of which can be impaired by alcohol. Officers look for loss of balance, stepping off the line, using arms for support, or failing to follow directions, as these are strong indicators of intoxication. Most DUI suspects, when highly impaired, keep walking past nine steps and do not turn around as instructed because they forgot the instructions they were given. I want you to look down at your feet. Yes, Keep your arms down to your side. Yes, sir. Count out loud like I did. Yes, sir. And don't stop this test until it's complete. Do you understand? Yes, sir. Okay. You may begin. As best as you can. One. Two. Three. Four. Five. Six. Seven. 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Yes, sir. Come back over here. I can't. Come back over here. You're good. You're good. Stop. Come back over here and stand in the position. Same. Turn around. The next test is going to be a balance test. Yes, sir. Okay. I'm going to Once again, I'm going to explain and then I'm going to demonstrate. Okay? Yes, sir. So, for now, put your feet together. Keep your hands down to your side. Yes, sir. Okay? Don't start the test until I tell you to start. Do you know the This next test, the balance test, helps officers assess a driver's coordination, motor skills, and ability to follow instructions, all of which are impaired by alcohol or drugs. Tests like this require balance, divided attention, and muscle control. Alcohol affects the brain's ability to coordinate movements and maintain stability. Now again, imagine someone stepping out in front of Laura's car with her severely delayed vision and now adding her need to instantly implement defensive driving to avoid a pedestrian along with moving her foot from the gas to the brake pedal. Would you have confidence in Laura's ability to avoid you or a friend or family member crossing the road? Leave your thoughts in the comments below. Do you Do you understand the test? Yes, sir. Okay. All right. You may begin whenever you're ready. 1 2 3 4 Okay. Stop. Stop. Stop. Stop. All right. I'm sorry. Okay. Continue. But, if you're going to fall, don't. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Okay, can you stop? Can you stop? I'm sorry. Okay. Please stop. Turn around. You're being placed under arrest for driving with a suspended license. I'm sorry, sir. Turn around. It's okay. It's okay. Turn around for him. It's okay. Put your hands behind your back. Here. Here. Here. It's okay. There you go. Good. My bad. 67 is 100. 10-4. 51 of a car Stop moving. Stop moving. Go ahead. Can you reach out to Riverdale? See if we can use their operator and if they have an operator available. Wallet, phone, yeah. 10-4. Is there anything out of the car you're going to need? No. Wallet, phone Wallet, phone, keys? Yeah. Your car is going to be towed, so that's why I'm asking. Do you need anything out of it? We will get it for you. Wallet and phone. Wallet and phone? Okay. All right. Come. Can you come this way? Good. Come and get in this car right here. Hold on. Hold on. Stand facing this way. Mhm. You don't have anything on you? No. Nothing in your pockets here? No way. 30 Adam, 30 Adam, come on over. 30 10-4. Nothing. Nothing. Stop. Stop. I need to I need to check this pocket. Stop moving. Nothing. Nothing. Nothing. Is this a real pocket or a fake pocket? That's my real pocket. It's real. It doesn't feel It doesn't look like it's real. It's real. It's embroidered. Be careful. Be careful. Super. I'm going to Okay. All right. Have a seat. Where do I go? Go backseat. I should have one, though. Are you okay? See, it's um this powder is it's um With witness statements, erratic driving, the strong odor of alcohol, and her inability to follow basic instructions during the field sobriety test, Pequannock Township police had seen enough. Laura was placed under arrest for DUI. Her vehicle was impounded under John's Law for a mandatory 12-hour hold. She was then transported to the Riverdale Police Department, where a breath test confirmed her BAC at 0.23%, nearly three times the legal limit for drivers over 21, and a staggering 23 times the legal limit for someone under 21. After processing, Laura was released to her mother, who signed the potential liability warning form on her behalf. She now faces multiple charges, including DUI, reckless driving, delaying traffic, and failure to signal. No further information was released on the outcome in Laura's court case. What do you think? Should Laura have lost her license for this? 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