Sober driver arrested for OWI when deputy crashes into her car

[The Straight Story]

21. Add to that things like: Intoxilyzer 8000, the state's flawed tool in the battle against drunk drive

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024898621

The Intoxilyzer 8000, the state's flawed tool in the battle against drunk driving
One in seven Ohioans has one – a life-long legal scar that has become the voodoo of our generation(s). According to the Ohio Department of Safety, more than 1.3 million licensed drivers in the state have at least one “DUI” conviction. This eye-opening number suggests far too many Ohioans are getting behind the wheel impaired.

But percolating through appeals courts across the state is a growing number of defendants who believe they limited their blood alcohol to a safe level. They’re challenging the state’s certified breathalyzer, the Intoxilyzer 8000, claiming it wrongly inflated their blood alcohol level or BAC.

Defense attorneys across the state say the Intoxilyzer 8000 is fundamentally flawed because its main function is based on bad science.

Several judges subsequently ruled in the defendants favor, calling the breathalyzer “unreliable,” which makes the line between illegally impaired and legally able to drive in Ohio (.08 of BAC) not so clear anymore.

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Drinking one or two beers can’t possibly get anyone arrested, but the Intoxilyzer 8000 cannot differentiate the breath from your lungs than from your mouth, where there’s a much higher concentration of alcohol. Thus the time a person takes to finish a drink and get behind wheel becomes a significant factor in whether “You just blew $10,000,” as the anti-OVI billboards state.


http://columbusfreepress.com/article/intoxilyzer-8000-states-flawed-tool-battle-against-drunk-driving