WHY do defense attorneys have all these stories of clients, pillars of their communities, who, according to their own accounts and those of witnesses, drank a couple of glasses of wine with dinner, or 3-4 beers after work at a billiards hall - BLOWIN' a .15 OR a .21 on the field-administered BAC test?!
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The breathalyzer is designed to test persons having a 2100/1 blood-breath ratio. Such ratios in fact vary from 1100/1 to 3200/1. The variance can produce errors in test results. In fact, high readings were taken in 14% of the population.
The temperature of the machine itself varies, thus affecting test results.
Body temperatures in fact vary between human beings, also affecting test results.
Hematocrit, or the solid particles in whole blood, vary (particularly between males and females, which also affects test results.
Even with some inherent unreliability in various breath testing machines, errors may be magnified if police do not follow proper procedures, such as in calibrating a machine, testing blank specimens, or in making sure a suspect is not affected by his or her ambient environment.
A good defense lawyer will know how to challenge the accuracy of breath test..
Alcohol Breath Testers: Incorrect Readings
Alcohol breath detectors don’t actually measure blood alcohol content (BAC), but indirectly estimate it. The only test of BAC is through drawing a sample of blood and performing laboratory tests on it. However, that is rarely done.
IN FACT - if possible, call your attorney BEFORE consenting to a field administered BAC test. It may be advisable to go for a controlled breathalyzer test back at HQ - or to submit to a blood draw in lieu of the BAC.
(In Dayton, the number to call for the best DUI lawyer is: 937-224-0039, for Larry Denny. This referral is unsolicited. I don’t know Mr. Denny, except by reputation…)
MADD = NEO-PROHIBITIONISTS
THE CEO OF THE MADD MOTHERS IS A MALE!
Mothers Against Drunk Driving was created in 1980 to reduce drunk driving and the death and injury that it can cause. Over time, temperance forces have gained control of MADD and it has largely become anti-alcohol rather than anti-drunk driving. Even MADD’s founding president, Candy Lightner, left the organization because of its neo-prohibitionist orientation.
Of all accidents, fatal, injury and property, drinkers are but 3.9 percent of the drivers involved.
Of all traffic fatalities attributed to drinking drivers - 2/3 OF THE DECEASED ARE THE DRINKING DRIVERS!
NO ONE IS DRUNK @.10 BAC! MADD has lobbied the gummint to cut it to .08 - and they're hammering away at .05.
(Actually - if, as in many places in Europe, drinking & driving are totally banned - I would go along with it, reluctantly. It's not that difficult for a party of 2 or 4 or more to designate a non-drinker for the evening. Even drunks need to widen their circle of acquaintances. And bars would have to expand upon the non-alcohol beverage and juice options available.)
BOTTOM LINE: The MADD Mothers (whose corporate boss is a male) will settle for NOTHING LESS THAN total prohibition of alcohol sales.
For more on MADD, visit Mothers Against Drunk Driving: A Crash Course in MADD.
The Soviet Bolsheviks (communists) were strict drys and quickly imposed national prohibition following the Russian Revolution.
FDR ran on a platform pledging to end Prohibition.
Hitler was a tee-totaler; Churchill was a drunk.FDR was a cripple, not to mention a drunkard. And that didn’t stop him from whipping up on Tojo and Hitler, now did it?
The Puritans made and drank beer.
QUOTE/UNQUOTE
Abstainer: a weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure. [Ambrose Bierce]
The problem with some people is that when they aren't drunk, they're sober. [William Butler Yeats]
The problem with the world is that everyone is a few drinks behind. [Humphrey Bogart]
I'm raisin’ a cup o’ kindness, friends…
Good fortune. COMMENT. Spread the meme. Don’t smoke in bed…
