Breathalyzers can be innaccurate.

Post #256,428 by Silverlock 5/23/06 3:16:19 PM Reply	Breathalyzers can be innaccurate. Burping just before a test can increase BAC. Having a drink just before can bump it. Faulty parts in the device, operator error. Lots of ways to screw up a breathalyzer. Should be Breath Alcohol Content. ----------------------------------------- Impeach Bush. Impeach Cheney. Do it now.
Post #256,439 by hnick 5/23/06 4:47:10 PM Reply	True, but still... It should be somewhere in the neighborhood. In Ohio, I think they are recognized as being possibly inexact, but they are awful hard to challange. I gather that the cops are required to make multiple types of sobriety tests. Probably nothing to do with justice; there's a lot of money riding on a DUI that they don't want to get away.
Post #256,440 by drewk 5/23/06 4:51:14 PM Reply	Just like red-light and speeding cameras They put them in downtown Cleveland a couple of months ago. A recent newspaper article quoted several people from the city administration and the police department talking about what a great job they were doing, and how they had met or exceeded all expectations. I only wish one of them had described a benefit that didn't have a dollar sign attached. === Purveyor of Doc Hope's [link\|http://DocHope.com\|fresh-baked dog biscuits and pet treats]. [link\|http://DocHope.com\|http://DocHope.com]
Post #256,443 by hnick 5/23/06 4:59:02 PM Reply	Yupper. Cleveland's strapped for cash. They are trying to run the police department as a profit center. A lot of the suburbs are running their police the same way. It's the difference between a bankrupt society and a free one. That can be taken a number of different ways, all_[1] pretty much accurate. [1] Now somebody's going to come up with a way I didn't think of in rebuttal, but in general...
Post #256,448 by ben_tilly 5/23/06 5:27:26 PM Reply	We're not a bankrupt society Dontchaknow, they passed a law. You can't declare bankruptcy any more. Cheers, Ben I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)

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