Taimoor Rana is seasoned criminal defense attorney specializing in DUI related cases. He shares his expert legal opinion here Five Things Can Result Wrong DUI Breathalyzer Reading »
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- People know very well that ‘drinking and driving‘ is not a good thing and mostly it ends up with a horrible incident. But people should have enough information to protect themselves from a false reading during breathalyzer test. There are several ways to prove that breathalyzers can be wrong during the testing process and the results shown by the machine are not reliable always. The innocent people can use this information to protect themselves against false prosecution of drunk driving.
Here are the five things that can make breathalyzer test wrong.
1 – Calibration
If the breathalyzer won’t be calibrated properly then it will lose the ability to give accurate readings. A proper calibration process is meant to train the breathalyzer’s sensor so it can accurately detect the amount of alcohol that is sent through the machine.
2 – Residual Mouth Alcohol:
It is important for the breathalyzer administrator to analyze the suspect for up to twenty minutes so that the residual in the suspect’s mouth won’t make the breathalyzer reading wrong. Breathalyzer basically functions on assuming that the breath it gets comes direct from the lungs and there is a reading of how much alcohol is in the bloodstream. But there is always possibility that the suspect will be having left over alcohol in their mouth, which makes the breathalyzer false reading and will show the high alcohol limit in them. Click here to read more »
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How Blood Tests Work in DUI and DWI Cases »
Once the police asks you to pull over for DUI or DWI, you will be required to give a breath test or you may end up taking a blood test to measure the blood alcohol content (BAC) in your body. The BAC level a crucial piece of evidence that the prosecution will use in proving that you were driving drunk.
Thus it is important to understand what this test measures, how it is administered and what can affect the results.
There are devices that have now been placed in police cars, known as breath testing equipment, that measure breath alcohol levels in suspected drunk drivers. But in case you have been accused of DUI or DWI and believe that the breath analysis is not accurate, you should request a blood test.
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