Franklin County Sheriff Steve Thomas says that Intox 5000 has quality assurance problems
In an article in onlineathens.com about obtaining grants from the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety to purchase to newly required Intoxilyzer 9000, Franklin County Sheriff Steve Thomas stated the current state-administered breath test device, the Intoxilyzer 5000, “does not possess all of the attributes necessary to meet evolving legal requests and quality assurance recommendations in the […]
Read MoreFeds propose lowering legal limit to .05 or about 1 drink for a women and 2 for a man
The AJC reports that Federal Government officials are planning to recommend lowering the legal limit from .08 to .05. Buckle your seatbelts for the implementation of the new prohibition. Federal government officials stated goal is to completely eliminate alcohol-related deaths. Since one drink for women and two drinks for men could make you DUI, expect a […]
Read MoreNACDL’s Champion Magazine exposes the fraudulent science behind standardized field sobriety tests
In Andrew Mishlove’s article in the Jan/Feb Edition of NACDL’s Champion Magazine, he explains the fundamentals of the National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) Standardized Field Sobriety Evaluations (SFST) such as the Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus (HGN), Walk and Turn (W/T) and One Leg Stand (OLS) or as we like to say in Georgia “One-Legged Stand”). Mishlove’s conclusion is […]
Read MoreSpirit of Drunk Driving Laws: Impairment vs. Intoxication
On reason.com, Radley Balko provides a persuasive position for DUI Law reform. His basic argument is that impairment, not specifically drinking and driving, is what lawmakers should be focused on punishing. As justification, Balko quotes Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo: “people sometimes focus on how many drinks they can have before they’ll go to jail, […]. It […]
Read MoreIntoxilyzer 5000 Receives State-Wide Ban in Pennsylvania
After the ruling of a Dauphin County Judge in Pennsylvania concerning the accuracy of the Intoxilyzer 5000, PA state police have now issued a state-wide ban on the breath-testing machine. Previously only local police had issued the machine, but now no one in Pennsylvania pulled over for DUI will be asked to take an Intoxilyzer test. […]
Read MoreConcern Grows Over Accuracy of Intoxilyzer 8000 and Other CMI, Inc. Breathing Testing Machines
Advancements in technology are supposed to mean just that: advancement, improvement. New generations of machines are meant to be stronger, sleeker, more reliable, more efficient, and more accurate than the last generation. Unfortunately, CMI, Inc., the company that manufactures the Intoxilyzer line of breath-testing machines, is bucking the trend. Since as early as 2009 there have […]
Read MoreSeated Field Sobriety Tests May Expose Questions of Reliability in Standard FSTs
Local officers in Pell City, Alabama have been trained and certified to conduct sit-down field sobriety tests to help investigate boating under the influence (BUI) on the nearby Coosa River. Proponents claim these sit-down tests could be used in roadside investigations as well: “the seated tests are useful if during a traffic stop the person […]
Read MoreSome Perspective on the New Year’s 2013 DUI Season
In the 78 hours from 6:00 p.m. Friday, December 28th, to midnight January 1st, the associated press reported that Georgia state troopers made 321 Georgia DUI arrests, up from 262 reported last year. According to the most recent statistics, in 2008 Georgia had around 25,000 DUI arrests. Taking this as a general average, we can […]
Read MoreFormer Utah State Trooper Accused of Falsifying DUI Evidence
The Associated Press reports that a former Utah state trooper and her superiors are facing a lawsuit concerning wrongful DUI arrests. Utah state trooper Lisa Steed built her reputation on nabbing DUI arrests, using an “uncanny talent — as one supervisor once described it — to garner hundreds of arrests, setting records, earning praise as […]
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