Blood Alcohol Tests

Here’s something to consider regarding personal breathalyzers that retail for about 80 bucks and are currently being touted by Colorado officials: Given that the considerably more expensive and sophisticated breathalyzers employed by the Colorado State Patrol and police agencies statewide are sometimes found to deliver erroneous blood-alcohol results, how foolproof

Stories like the below recur with some sense of regularity across the United States. When they do, they understandably garner a lot of ink and adverse press, and rightfully so, given that there are immediately adverse outcomes spelled for individuals who are victimized by the details they reveal. We spotlighted

When you’re stopped by police, you might be asked to take a breath test. This test measures your blood alcohol concentration. Why do they want that test? To prove that you’ve been drinking and driving over the legal limit. What is your blood alcohol concentration? Your blood alcohol concentration is

As noted in a recent Denver Post article, Colorado law does not mandate that an expert be called into court to pontificate on the accuracy of a breath-test machine when the blood-alcohol content measurement it delivered is centrally important in a drunk driving case. All that is required, points out

If you’re pulled over and have your blood alcohol levels tested, you know that you could face a DUI if it comes back over 0.08 percent. A blood alcohol concentration test isn’t always accurate, so there are defenses if it does come back positive. The BAC test levels give law

If you’re stopped for driving erratically, you may be asked to take a blood alcohol concentration test in the form of a Breathalyzer test. This test helps police understand if you are intoxicated by definition of the law. If you are, then you may immediately be arrested, and it’s important

There are three kinds of blood alcohol content tests that can be performed. If you are showing signs of intoxication, you may be asked to take one. The first kind is a breath test. This is the most common method used today. Breathalyzers work by measuring how much alcohol passes

Drinking and driving is dangerous, and most drivers are aware of that. Some may keep their own Breathalyzers, so they can test themselves before they get behind the wheel. Can these machines be wrong, though? If yours can be wrong, does that mean an officer’s Breathalyzer test could be inaccurate,