BREATH AND URINE ALCOHOL. PRACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS OF SIMULTANEOUS DETERMINATIONS

This article discusses the case of a man whose breath test indicated that he was intoxicated, while the urinalysis injected a reasonable doubt. The attorneys for the defense and for the prosecution were unable to decide whether or not this man could be considered to be guilty of driving while intoxicated, according to the laws of Wisconsin, which at the time considered any blood alcohol below 0.15 percent or a urine alcohol below 0.20 percent to give a verdict of "not guilty." The breath test would have convicted the man of driving under the influence, but because of the results of the urinalysis the man was properly acquitted.

• Corporate Authors:

  Colorado Medical Society

  1601 East 19th Avenue
  Denver, CO  United States  80218
• Authors:
  • Heise, H A
• Publication Date: 1969-6

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 37-38
• Serial:
  • Rocky Mountain Medical Journal
  • Volume: 66
  • Issue Number: 6
  • Publisher: Colorado Medical Society

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alcohol breath tests; Blood alcohol levels; Drunk drivers; Drunk driving; Legal factors; Urine
• Subject Areas: Highways; Law; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00453156
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: Reprint, HS-039 321
• Files: HSL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Feb 28 1986 12:00AM