« Study Suggests Gender Specific DUI Road Tests

September 12, 2009

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Although there have been many jokes about women trying to flirt with police officers to get out of tickets but now, there maybe some concrete evidence to prove that woman are more at a loss when it comes to the standard DUI laws than ever before.

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The Law Offices of Lawrence Taylor, a DUI attorney in Los Angeles area and nationally known author of the book Drunk Driving Defense, has provided an article, which shows a study conducted in Italy.

According to the study, there is a component in the female’s bio-chemical make-up which could make women more prone to fail a DUI road test. The study may prove that woman may be unfairly arrested for DUI in some cases and should be given more gender specific tests.

The study, which was conducted at the University School of Medicine in Trieste, Italy, asserts that women have less alcohol dehydrogenase than men. And due to less level of the enzyme that breaks down alcohol in the stomach, women reach the same blood alcohol concentration as men after drinking only half as much.

This means that women reach blood alcohol levels that are stated as illegal in a DUI case after drinking 20 to 30% less alcohol than men of equal weight.

A study, which was carried out in Canada, has shown that women taking oral contraceptives may reach peak BAC levels more quickly. This reason has been used by some attorneys when claiming that their female clients failed a breathalyzer test due to the fact that they were taking oral contraceptives at the time of the test.

It is possible that both the studies may eventually lead to a compelling argument in the court room.

Both the reasons can be used by women when they get caught but it will take some time before the studies gain some legal authority. At the end of the day, the best way to avoid this all together is to not drink and drive.

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