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Wednesday, January 6, 2010

FYI: Breathalyzers

I was driving home from Coffs Harbour and got pulled over by the police.
Just a random breath test. He asked me how I was going then count to 5. This confused the hell out of me. The last time I used one of these machines was in primary school when a police officer came in and gave a speech.
Back then you had to blow in a tube for about 5 seconds so I was expecting to do the same.
But you basically just talk over this machine and it picks up your blood-alcohol level.

I don't know if these machine were just in NSW or if they have been deployed across Australia.
Just thought I'd share.

1 comment:

  1. Last time I was pulled over in Victoria was late September and they had the good-old "blow in the tube" machine.

    They also had a "lick these three dots on this bit of plastic" drug test, which I passed. The drug test isn't instant, so you get time to think of an excuse while they process it :)

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