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Eddie

On Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:43:48 -0500, wrote:

The real problem is they can **** quiz you and you never know how your
meds will show up on one of these crude field tests. We had a 72 y/o
guy here who was arrested for failing a **** quiz and in the end he
was totally innocent. The gas spectrometer test came back negative 3
weeks later. In the mean time his car was towed and he had to arrange
for a ride home., Even the cops suspected he was OK , at least to he
point that they didn't hook him up, they just gave him a DUI ticket.
Don't count on that. You probably go in the tank.

I've never heard of a "DUI ticket" Well, at least in the three
departments I worked for.
Ok, here's something to ponder.
A couple nights ago I was watching a cop show on Tru TV and they were
showing a fellow who seemed to have had too many. He wasn't driving
but he had sat in the driver's side, enough PC to check him out. They
gave him a field breathalyzer test and it measured *.47* The cop
administering it was shocked and thought there was something wrong
with the tester. So he tried once more and again, .47. The guy was
obviously drunk but he was not falling down, or staggering, or showing
signs of a severe intoxication. They decided to take him to the
station and there he scored an astounding .45! The officer said
someone with that much BAC should be dead, or at the least in a coma.
And the subject was not a large person, but average weight and height.
Holy cow, I've never heard of a BAC that high. My highest as I said
once was .35, but the person was rather large. Ok, she was fat.
Eddie