Opinion ID: 2016641
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Text: On May 12, 1991, Officer Gayle Kludt of the Huron Police Department was on duty, and at approximately 2:45 a.m. was parked in front of Domino's Pizza in Huron. She observed Eidahl traveling west on Third Street and making a left hand turn to the south on Kansas Avenue. Officer Kludt proceeded to follow Eidahl for approximately ten blocks. When Officer Kludt started following Eidahl, the officer was approximately three quarters of a block behind her. During the ten block observation course Eidahl did not speed, did not operate her vehicle in an erratic manner and lawfully obeyed a stop sign at Ninth and Kansas Southeast. When she reached the intersection of Tenth and Kansas Southeast, Eidahl made a right turn without turning on her turn signal and made a left turn into a private driveway without signaling the turn. Eidahl also failed to make any hand signals during these turns. There was no traffic on the street at this time other than Eidahl and Officer Kludt who had no prior knowledge of Eidahl or her vehicle. The officer was about a quarter of a block behind Eidahl during the last two turns and the private driveway was less than a quarter of a block from the intersection where Eidahl made the right turn. Officer Kludt then made a traffic stop because of Eidahl's failure to use her turn signal, a violation of Huron Municipal Code section 16.12.030. Officer Kludt asked Eidahl if she had been drinking and Eidahl said that she had a couple. Officer Kludt administered several field sobriety tests, the majority of which Eidahl failed. Eidahl was arrested. An intoxilyzer test resulted in a blood alcohol content of .194 percent.