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To be honest the breathalyzer is a bit hypocritical as well. The limit is usually set so low that it becomes a tool of selective enforcement. Either we are wil
by qsort 2y ago
To be honest the breathalyzer is a bit hypocritical as well. The limit is usually set so low that it becomes a tool of selective enforcement.
Either we are willing to say that the limit is 0 with a de minimis exception and otherwise any alcohol in your blood is DUI or you're effectively having the officer decide.
It has happened to me a couple times; I was stopped and the officer just let me go because I was obviously fine, but I'd have failed a "scientific" test.
- s1artibartfast 2y agoThat makes a lot of sense to me from a practical perspective. Is a protection for the driver from malicious enforcement
- ajsnigrutin 2y agoBreathalyzers are standard over here, and pretty much never an issue. We have tolerances defined in the law (few digits get substracted by default from the measured number), then depending on the alcohol level, if you're above the legal limit, you get fined and/or lose a licence (depends on the alcohol level, is it a normal car, or driving a truck/bus, young driver, etc.). If you disagree with the measured result, the police can drive you to a nearby doctor/emergency room, and they do a blood test, but since it's more accurate with less assumed error tolerances subtracted, it's usually not worth it (unless you're just above the "losing your licence" limit, and hopefully your metabolism is faster at burning alcohol than the doctors charts assume. Everyone else in the car can be drinking while you're driving and blowing in the breathalyzer, and it's not an issue. I trust a device with proper calibrated sensors much more than an officer that has to fill out his quota or wants to fine me for some other stupid reason.