DUI Breathalyzer Tests – What Can and Cannot Effect Results

The breathalyzer is a key test in the drunk driving stop.Modifying your breath with onions or mints does
Fail to blow below .08 and courts in many states willnothing to adjust this. The battery approach is just
rule you are impaired per se and driving drunk, forcingbizarre and definitely doesn’t work.
you to then prove your innocence. The question forIn an ironic twist, the popular picks of mouthwash and
many is whether these results can be affectedbreath spray actually make things worse. Why?
artificially.These products improve your breath by killing the
The myths floating around bars and television showsbacteria in the mouth that smell bad. What do they kill it
are legendary. There are a host of sure thing theorieswith? Alcohol! If you take a couple of hits of breath
on how you can cheat a breathalyzer test if pulledspray before getting on the road, your blood alcohol
over. If it was really so easy, do you think the deviceslevel is going to be through the roof. Studies have
would be used in every state? The truth is, most ofshown that it can be as high as .50 for up to 20
the supposed secret strategies don’t workminutes after using breath sprays in particular.
because they don’t even address how aThat’s a lethal dose!
breathalyzer determines your blood alcohol level.There is one simple way to beat the breathalyzer and
From onions to breath mints to licking batteries, theit works every time. Pull out your phone and call a cab!
different approaches to beating a breathalyzer testConsider the cost benefit analysis. $10 for a cab ride
are both humorous and inaccurate. A breathalyzeror $10,000 for a defense attorney, court fines and so
does not measure the smell of alcohol on your breath!on. The cab ride looks like a very good investment.
It measures the amounts of alcohol gas in a breath.