How pissed do you have to be to fail a breath test?

[Patrick]

The device that the popo peeps use take a reading is of mouth alcohol only.

If you have just finished having a swig , or conversly washed your mouth out with water the reading could be out. Peeps have failed after swigging mouthwash at home then been tested at the station and blew zip.

That is why they are not evidential. Those ones the air is from the lungs.

I don't know what those machines that you can buy to test yourself are like but I would be gutted if I used one that said sweet to drive, then get stopped and fail an evidential breath test.

yeah yeah I know shouldn't drink drive and all but some peeps try and be responsible and all

The "passive" is the one that you state your name into (mouth presence? but speaking air comes from the lungs....?)

THe next one is the screening test - blow into the mouthpiece - ie: lungs again.... which is an indication of where your level will be (fail general = over 400, fail youth over 150 - under 400 and pass is fine - under 150....)

The machine is the eveidential one, which gives an actual reading of your breath alcohol level.

As for the ones you can buy, they would not be any defence if you passed on it and got stopped just down the road and failed on the "gazetted/approved" devices.

[Toaster]

I'm skinny as fuck, and I was drinking at least 12 standard drinks in the 4 hours before the 'incident'. I've never seen any law which states the supervisor has to be sober. The cop even told me he couldn't do anything to me if I did blow over the limit. As for being in control of the vehicle, if the driver loses control at 100kmh there is very little I can do from the passengers seat, regardless of how sober I am.

Well you may need to read a bit closer. Ever heard of case law? Not all cops know what they are doing. I have seen many a cop make mistakes based on what they think is right but they are not correct in either law or policy. They are fallable too.

[Toaster]

I was watching motorway patrol once when a cop pulled over a young chick on her learners or restricted. Her boyfriend was absolutely pissed..passed out in the front seat. She was allowed to drive off.

Doesn't mean the cop was right at all now does it.

[SMOKEU]

Well you may need to read a bit closer. Ever heard of case law? Not all cops know what they are doing. I have seen many a cop make mistakes based on what they think is right but they are not correct in either law or policy. They are fallable too.

In either case, I still came back as under the adult limit.