Comments on: Breathalyzers under fire http://apublicdefender.com/2007/11/27/breathalyzers-under-fire/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:20:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Breath Alcohol Breathalyzers http://apublicdefender.com/2007/11/27/breathalyzers-under-fire/#comment-13405 Breath Alcohol Breathalyzers Thu, 17 Jan 2008 02:19:04 +0000 http://apublicdefender.com/2007/11/27/breathalyzers-under-fire/#comment-13405 In the UK, breath alcohol testing has been used for over 30 years. Traditionally, breath testing was conducted at the roadside and was backed up by a secondary urine or blood test, but more recently police stations are equipped with a more accurate breath testing machine which has been standing up in court without issue for several years. Breath is perfectly valid as a matrix for testing, so their complaint can only be in relation specifically to the equipment itself... but what a can of worms to open - in my opinion, drinking and driving costs lives, so I hope their attempts to undermine the testing process doesn't broadcast the wrong message. In the UK, breath alcohol testing has been used for over 30 years. Traditionally, breath testing was conducted at the roadside and was backed up by a secondary urine or blood test, but more recently police stations are equipped with a more accurate breath testing machine which has been standing up in court without issue for several years.

Breath is perfectly valid as a matrix for testing, so their complaint can only be in relation specifically to the equipment itself… but what a can of worms to open - in my opinion, drinking and driving costs lives, so I hope their attempts to undermine the testing process doesn’t broadcast the wrong message.

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