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Kinda like asking for the source code to the breathalyzer? https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2007/08/im-not-drunk-officer-you-just-have-poor-source-code/ htt

• Waterluvian 3y ago
  I would kill to watch some smartass show up to court with their own ridiculous-looking black box "breathalyzer" and draw the parallel to "why do you magically trust theirs and not ours?"
  • sidewndr46 3y ago
    The answer would be simple: because we pay this other group with taxpayer money.
  • CobrastanJorji 3y ago
    Be the change you want to see in the world. And when you do, please use a cardboard box with "Very Real Breathalyzer" written in Sharpie on the side and maybe a Nixie tube sticking out the top.
    • Waterluvian 3y ago
      And inside of it is their breathalyzer.
      • Verdex 3y ago
        You beat me by four minutes. I feel this is the only way this has a remote chance of actually working. However, I think you also need to make sure that the judge feels in on the joke as opposed to being the butt of the joke.
  • Verdex 3y ago
    I feel like the only possible way for this to work would be to get the opposing side to prove that the ridiculous fake breathalyzer doesn't work only for the box to be opened and it is revealed that it is in actuality the same model of breathalyzer that was used against the defendant. Courts (and authority in general) usually don't appreciate the "oh yeah, well from my point of view the jedi are evil" defense. However, very occasionally, tricking the offense into skewering their own offensive strategy will work ... that is at least if the deciding authority is in a good mood and you can convince them you're the pragmatic choice.