FIELD TRIALS WITH THE "ALCYTRON"

UEBER FELDVERSUCHE MIT DEM "ALYCTRON"

This work reports on the statistical evaluation of a field trial in which the breath alcohol concentration, as measured by the "alcytron", was compared with the blood alcohol concentration of the same donors. The infra-red testing equipment "alcytron" was operated by police officers, who determined the breath alcohol concentration of 132 test subjects on the police beat. Both the breath- and also the blood-alcohol determination were carried out in the elimination phase, as shown in the statistical evaluation. In the computer program allowance was made for a number of parameters such as sickness, physique and similar factors, which could possibly affect the breath alcohol concentration, although no statistically proven influence could be established. The regression analysis produced a very good agreement between breath- and blood-alcohol concentrations with high correlation coefficients. For 47 test subjects there was complete agreement, for 9 divergencies greater than or equal to 0.2 per thousand were found. For a triple standard deviation the estimated error of blood- to breath-alcohol concentration was determined at 0.3 per thousand. (TRRL)

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• Corporate Authors:

  International Com on Alcohol Drugs & Traf Safety

  Hammerbrookstrasse 93
  2000 Hamburg 1,   Germany 
• Authors:
  • Pribilla, O
  • Schultek, T
  • Weissmann, J
• Publication Date: 1980-6

Language

• German

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 177-188
• Serial:
  • Blutalkohol
  • Volume: 17
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Bund gegen Alkohol im Strassenverkehr eV
  • ISSN: 0006-5250

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alcohol breath tests; Blood alcohol levels; Breath; Computer programs; Diseases and medical conditions; Errors; Governments; Law enforcement; Police; Regression analysis; Statistical analysis; Tests
• Uncontrolled Terms: Jurisdiction
• ITRD Terms: 1542: Alcohol test; 1553: Blood alcohol content; 2082: Breath; 1547: Case law; 6440: Error; 2134: Illness; 1522: Police; 6255: Test
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00334631
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen (BASt)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 16 1981 12:00AM