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Re: Busted for possession...please help I'm scared
      05/13/04 10:38 AM

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I was wondering about that too, it just doesn't make sense to me.

My boyfriend has to have a breathalyzer device on his vehicle because of a DUI, and if he has mouthwash he will instantly blow a .10, but if you wait 10 or 15 minutes it blows a zero.

Please someone explain the reason to this.

It seems like the alcohol in your system would be less after a few hours when you have stopped drinking, not more.




This is the way it was explained to me.
BAC measures the Alcohol from your lungs.

It is not Illegal yet, to drive after drinking.

Let's say you stop in a bar and have 2 shots of tequilla.
You are pulled in the parking lot and given the breath test.
IF here is any alcohol residue left in your mouth,(such as in food, bridges, dental work) etc. You are going to blow high. Otherwise you may barely register or not register, unless you burp. Again, then the alcohol in your mouth is being registered, not the alcohol in your stomach. And the alcohol that a BAC is designed to register is the alcohol that is in your blood, thorugh your lungs.

If you are stopped 10 minutes later the alcohol is in your bloodstream, but not fully through your liver and your stomach. So you may blow low. Say with your metabolism it takes 2 hours for the full effects of the teqquilla to hit you. You will blow at progressively higher levels for the 2 hours, and then your BAC will begin to drop.

If per say, someone had 8 drinks and their stomach could only process 6. The other 2 drinks may sit in their stomach undigested for 2 hours. (THIS is true and I learned from a med student) Because your body shuts off processing the alcohol until it can handle it again. No, this does not happen to everbody. But it does happen. This is your bodies defense against Alcohol poisoning. This is also the reason that if you drink heavily one night, pass out, and then drink a glass of water in the a.m. you begin to feel drunk again. You were unable to process all the alcohol you drank, and your stomach shut down until the alcohol was diluted with the water, then begins processing it again.

When I was a bartender, we had a BAC test machine which was more or less a 'toy'. Well out of boredom we did a test.
My friend rinsed her mouth with listerine. She blew into the breathalyzer (I am sure this one was not as complicated at the police ones, it was just a little handheld tube) . She registered .11. 10 minutes later she registerd .12.
30 minutes after the listerine she registered .06.

I drank 2 tablespoons of nightquil. I blew and registered .06. Twenty minutes later I registered .08. Leglly drunk in some states from Nightquyl!

We had a man (regular patron) who had consumed at least 5 scotches and 2 greyhounds (vodka), in about 3 hours. He blew a .06 but could not walk a straight line!

The machines the police use actally have soem type of solution in it, it measures the alcohol and times it by 2100 to get your BAC.

BTW they videoed my BAC. The first one came back rejected, not registering. He immediately did another which blew the .12.

Now, according to my attorney, it is possible the test will be rejected as it is currently against the law to give 2 tests.

Personally I think they ought to be able to give 2 tests, I think this law should be changed and this is why:
Example:

Test 1 at 12 pm.
Test 2 at 12:30 PM

Reading these two tests could indicate whether your BAC was falling or rising.

For instance test one is .10 and test two is .08.

Your BAC is falling and the police would have solid evidence of such, indicating your BAC upon arrest was higher.

However if test 2 comes back higher than test one, they are screwed and the defendant has proof that BAC was lower at time of arrest.
Again...don't accuse me of justifyin anything, I am only stating my opinion and the facts as I know them.

I have a 67 page DUI law pamplet in front of me, prvided to me by my lawyer that I am using for reference.
Howerver, anyone who does not believe that the 2 hour time frame can make a heck of a difference please go to:

http://www.damm-madd.com

for more technical info.
Oh and keep in mind that the only roadside tests I was given were the finger test, that I passed, and the imaginary line, which I did not do as the officer never even stepped far enough away from me to attempt it.
I still have no doubt that the officer made the assumption that I was drunk before he stopped me.

Not justifying, just stating my opinion.
And I am sorry if I offend anyone by never saying never.
I said probably not. That's the best I can do as I am not holding myself up to any standards that will allow me to fail or to fall. I have done enough of that in my lifetime.

You people think I don't 'get' that I was wrong. I 'get' that. I did NOT think I was wrong at the time and I still think that if I was given the BAC at the roadside I would have blown lower.
That's the bottom line.

My first arrest I blew a .22 (yep the is 22) on the roadside test. I blew a .26 at the sherrif's office after booking, about an hour later. My BAC was rising as the alcohol was stil entering my system.
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