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		About 93 percent of Florida just breathed a sigh of relief (wptv.com)		15
		More: Florida, Palm Beach County, breath tests, DUI cases, Florida Department of Law Enforcement, South Florida

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Diogenes		2012-05-23 11:33:49 AM

Palm Beach.

They can't seem to measure or count anything correctly down there. Votes, BAC....

Endive Wombat		2012-05-23 11:47:07 AM

I understand the debate against the use of breathalyzers and the possibility of them screwing up and know that blood tests are far more accurate. But that being said, what are officers supposed to do on the side of the road. Yeah, they can do all the roadside sobriety tests...but if the officer is still unsure, what can be done? You cant haul every person you pull over to the police station for a blood test...

fluffy2097		2012-05-23 12:28:07 PM

Ah.

So 93% of Florida got DUI's and were tested on a single machine subby?

/that sounds like way to much work for the cops.

Snarfangel		2012-05-23 12:28:26 PM

The Intoxilyzer 8000 sounds like the world's most awesome drink.

Counter_Intelligent		2012-05-23 12:29:05 PM

Endive Wombat: You cant haul every person you pull over to the police station for a blood test...

By the time they get to court, they can. An arrest is not a conviction.

aevert		2012-05-23 12:36:03 PM

Snarfangel: The Intoxilyzer 8000 sounds like the world's most awesome drink.

It's what you use to chase a Pan-Galactic Gargle Blaster.

LineNoise		2012-05-23 12:40:34 PM

Endive Wombat: I understand the debate against the use of breathalyzers and the possibility of them screwing up and know that blood tests are far more accurate. But that being said, what are officers supposed to do on the side of the road. Yeah, they can do all the roadside sobriety tests...but if the officer is still unsure, what can be done? You cant haul every person you pull over to the police station for a blood test...

If we are going to have an arbitrarily low limit for a DUI, of which being just a tiny percent over the limit makes you guilty, and extremely severe penalties like a DUI carries, it is reasonable to require the machine that gives that test to essentially be flawless.

Anyway, you can still be charged with DUI\DWI without a breathalyzer. It is why they record everything these days. I rolled up on a checkpoint last winter for the first time in years. The cop asked me if I would do a few tests (I was not drinking), and I said I'd happily take a breathalyzer if it would save us both some time. He said I still had to do the tests, and then they would decide if they wanted me to blow. I got to talking to him about it while I did the whole follow my pen thing, and the jist of it is a breathalyzer is just like the nail in the coffin of a DUI charge. They almost never show up to court with just that.

bubbler86		2012-05-23 12:41:13 PM

I do not even think Florida is in the top 10 states as to DUI/DWI arrests (per capita). I think North Dakota is number 1.

MythDragon		2012-05-23 12:57:08 PM

aevert: Snarfangel: The Intoxilyzer 8000 sounds like the world's most awesome drink.

It's what you use to chase a Pan-Galactic Gargle Blaster.

I thought THIS is what you chase a PGGB with
2.bp.blogspot.com

Endive Wombat		2012-05-23 01:01:49 PM

Counter_Intelligent: An arrest is not a conviction.

True, but it is a massive pain in the ass for all parties involved. Not to mention, it would be terribly inefficient.

Benni K Rok		2012-05-23 01:18:59 PM

Guilty until proven innocent, individual's judgement, mandatory tests that can't be waived most of the time. There was a point where Clay County Sheriff's department decided that just because you only have one leg doesn't mean you can't walk the line.

aevert		2012-05-23 01:25:36 PM

MythDragon: aevert: Snarfangel: The Intoxilyzer 8000 sounds like the world's most awesome drink.

It's what you use to chase a Pan-Galactic Gargle Blaster.

I thought THIS is what you chase a PGGB with
[2.bp.blogspot.com image 400x400]

The bullets are hollowpoints filled with PGGB.

Joe Blowme		2012-05-23 02:04:43 PM

Why was Zimmerman acquitted?

/DNRTFA

expobill		2012-05-23 02:12:00 PM

so Chad is not left hanging?

fluffy2097		2012-05-23 03:29:48 PM

Joe Blowme: Why was Zimmerman acquitted?

/DNRTFA

The cops modified a breathalyzer without following the proper protocol to make sure it was still calibrated correctly and continued to use it.

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