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Roadside Breath Testing

  • 30-04-2010 9:34pm
    #1
    theopticalshop
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 26 ✭


    Hi,
    Was out for a family meal this evening and the old man stopped at a Drink Driving checkpoint on the way home. He had a glass of wine with dinner and I expected the result to show some alcohol in his system but it came back as being nil.

    Do the breathalisers simply return an over or under result or do they tell if the amount of alcohol in the system?

    Thanks

    The opticalshop


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  • #2
    Hooch
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,957 ✭✭✭Hooch


    theopticalshop wrote: »
    Hi,
    Was out for a family meal this evening and the old man stopped at a Drink Driving checkpoint on the way home. He had a glass of wine with dinner and I expected the result to show some alcohol in his system but it came back as being nil.

    Do the breathalisers simply return an over or under result or do they tell if the amount of alcohol in the system?

    Thanks

    The opticalshop

    Zero, Pass, Alert and Fail.

    Zero is 0-5

    Pass is 6-29

    Alert is 30-34

    Fail is 35 and over


  • #3
    theopticalshop
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 26 ✭theopticalshop


    Great, thanks!


  • #4
    Random
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,080 ✭✭✭✭Random


    Do AGS have the right to take someone back to the station if they don't get a "fail" ?


  • #5
    Hooch
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,957 ✭✭✭Hooch


    Random wrote: »
    Do AGS have the right to take someone back to the station if they don't get a "fail" ?

    Of course. A Roadside Breath test (RBT) is only an aid to forming the memebrs opinion. Even if they come back zero....if the members formes their opinon then they can arrest.


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