Hey Murph,
I'd agree with you except for one thing, he recited the whole alphabet backwards from Z to A in front of me, and he did it as easy as you and I do going forwards. It was damn impressive!!!
Also, I have no reason to doubt his truthfulness. Without revealing too much, he works in a position that holds public trust and requires him to have a security clearance. I was doing his background investigation which dredges up EVERYTHING from traffic violations from decades ago to being late on credit card payments. So he knew that lack of candor, or lack of truthfulness on his part in any area would only bring more scrutiny. I'm NO expert, but I've done enough of these to have a pretty good feel for when a guy is not being forthright and honest with me.
Anyway I got way off topic. I'm not saying he was not imparied, and he didn't say that he was not imparied either. In fact he plead guilty in front of the judge and took what the court sentenced him to. Hell the cop probably knew he was impaired that is why he had him do all those roadside tests. The cop probably wished he had one of those blow-n-go breathalyzers in his radio car when he stopped him in the first place. I just found it interesting that he was easily able to recite the alphabet backwards.
Ride Safe.
Mark