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Breathalyzers can put you in jail. Don't trust them.
« on: November 05, 2019, 12:18:57 pm »
https://www.boston.com/cars/national-news/2019/11/04/alcohol-breath-tests-new-york-times

By Stacy Cowley and Jessica Silver-Greenberg  The New York Times Company, 2:25 PM

A million Americans a year are arrested for drunken driving, and most stops begin the same way: flashing blue lights in the rearview mirror, then a battery of tests that might include standing on one foot or reciting the alphabet.

What matters most, though, happens next. By the side of the road or at the police station, drivers blow into a miniature science lab that estimates the concentration of alcohol in their blood. If the level is 0.08 or higher, they are all but certain to be convicted of a crime.

But those tests — a bedrock of the criminal justice system — are often unreliable, a New York Times investigation found. The devices, found in virtually every police station in the U.S., generate skewed results with alarming frequency, even though they are marketed as precise to the third decimal place.

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« Reply #1 on: November 06, 2019, 02:19:08 pm »
Do the Breath test and then demand a blood test.
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« Reply #2 on: November 06, 2019, 05:39:56 pm »
Quote from: verga on November 06, 2019, 02:19:08 pm
Do the Breath test and then demand a blood test.

A good alternative.  A breathalyzer refusal can earn you a trip to jail.
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« Reply #3 on: November 06, 2019, 05:53:05 pm »
Quote from: Cyber Liberty on November 06, 2019, 05:39:56 pm
A good alternative.  A breathalyzer refusal can earn you a trip to jail.
When I lived in NYS you automatically lost your license.
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« Reply #4 on: November 06, 2019, 05:56:14 pm »
Quote from: verga on November 06, 2019, 05:53:05 pm
When I lived in NYS you automatically lost your license.

Exactly.  When you get out of jail. 
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« Reply #5 on: November 06, 2019, 09:53:45 pm »
I am not proud of it but a few years back, after a company party and a fifth of Jack, I was driving home.
(Yes, I know)

On a dark backroad that I turned onto, looking for a I-95 on ramp ... I passed by one.
(on ramp)

Instead of turning around somewhere legally I decided to stop and back up. 8(
Yep, on this desolate and dark road the only vehicle besides me was ... a cop! 8(

Well I was busted, or so I was thinking when he asked if I would take the breathalyzer test!!

I figured that I was done for anyway so ... I took it!

As drunk as I was ... I PASSED!

The story doesn't have such a bad ending though, me driving away would have been bad.

I didn't have my license on me so the officer made me call someone to pick me up.
(No one was at my home to retrieve my license for me at the time)
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Re: Breathalyzers can put you in jail. Don't trust them.
« Reply #6 on: November 07, 2019, 02:13:25 pm »
Quote from: verga on November 06, 2019, 02:19:08 pm
Do the Breath test and then demand a blood test.
Depends on the State, but those may not be completely accurate, either (read high).
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« Reply #7 on: November 07, 2019, 10:14:15 pm »
Quote from: mrclose on November 06, 2019, 09:53:45 pm
I am not proud of it but a few years back, after a company party and a fifth of Jack, I was driving home.
(Yes, I know)

On a dark backroad that I turned onto, looking for a I-95 on ramp ... I passed by one.
(on ramp)

Instead of turning around somewhere legally I decided to stop and back up. 8(
Yep, on this desolate and dark road the only vehicle besides me was ... a cop! 8(

Well I was busted, or so I was thinking when he asked if I would take the breathalyzer test!!

I figured that I was done for anyway so ... I took it!

As drunk as I was ... I PASSED!

The story doesn't have such a bad ending though, me driving away would have been bad.

I didn't have my license on me so the officer made me call someone to pick me up.
(No one was at my home to retrieve my license for me at the time)
Alright, so how did you get home?
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Re: Breathalyzers can put you in jail. Don't trust them.
« Reply #8 on: November 08, 2019, 12:26:11 am »
Quote from: goatprairie on November 07, 2019, 10:14:15 pm
Alright, so how did you get home?

A friend.
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