OFFICIAL BOOZE PARTY TESTS ALCOHOL TESTING. BLUEPRINT FOR SAFETY

A DRINKING PARTY WAS HELD IN MINNESOTA TO TEST THE EFFICIENCY OF THE BREATHALYZER. THE INSTRUMENT PROVIDES A QUICK RELIABLE CHECK ON BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVELS AND CAN BE OPERATED BY ANYONE AFTER A TRAINING COURSE. MORE THAN 40 MINNESOTA POLICE JURISDICTIONS ARE USING OR PREPARING TO USE THIS METHOD. INTEREST IN TESTING HAS INCREASED SINCE 1968 STATISTICS SHOWED 54% OF 265 FATALLY INJURED DRIVERS HAD BEEN DRINKING AND 43% HAD BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVELS OF 10% OR MORE. LAST YEAR, MINNESOTA REVOKED 7431 DRIVER'S LICENSES FOR DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED. ONE IN SIX OF THESE WAS A REPEATER. JUDGES ARE FOUND TO TRUST BREATHALYZER RESULTS AND DEFENDENTS OFTEN CHANGE INNOCENT PLEAS WHEN THEY SEE THE READINGS. /HSL/

  • Corporate Authors:

    Minnesota Department of Highways

    /Safety Information Section
    ,   United States 
  • Publication Date: 1969-12

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Filing Info

  • Accession Number: 00223251
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
  • Report/Paper Numbers: 2pp
  • Files: TRIS, STATEDOT
  • Created Date: Nov 23 1970 12:00AM