MAKING CHECKPOINTS BETTER: REDESIGNED PASSIVE SENSOR ADDRESSES LIMITATIONS OF OLDER ONES

Currently, many drivers with illegal blood alcohol concentrations (BACs) aren't being detected at sobriety checkpoints. While passive alcohol sensor accuracy and reliability have been proven both in the laboratory and at checkpoints, officers haven't universally embraced them, but rely on their own subjective evaluations of impairment which frequently are wrong. Also, the sensors used have had to be held very close to a driver's face, and officers don't want to get that close. In addition, some sensor models don't include a flashlight and in some types of sensors the batteries run down quickly. This article describes a newly designed passive alcohol sensor, the PAS III from Public Service Technologies, Inc., which addresses these limitations.

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  • Accession Number: 00724889
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
  • Report/Paper Numbers: HS-042 149
  • Files: HSL, USDOT
  • Created Date: Aug 16 1996 12:00AM