Drinking and Driving: errors with breath tests still a concern

When a driver is arrested on suspicion of drunk driving, there are several tests that the police can administer to determine if the driver is drunk. Often, officials have the driver undergo several sobriety tests. But one of the most popular test used by officials is a breath test. A previous post discussed a situation in which several breath test machines used are not calibrated correctly. The concern that arose was whether drivers were charged wrong with or convicted of a DUI charge because of inaccurate results. inaccurate results may have recorded the level of driving the blood alcohol content above the legal limit when the driver was not actually legally intoxicated. But now it seems that the problem was at the controls of accuracy of breath testing machines. Although the machines were not subject to verification of adequate precision to ensure that the calibrations were correct, the machines could still have been working properly.At this point, however, there is no way for authorities to go back and see if the test results were indeed correct. The errors have been described as basic, but change the focus of equipment training procedures of the department of police in particular. If the machines are not correctly check for people, there may be a problem with the process of making the machines are working as they should. For drivers who are afraid that an inaccurate breath test will result in DWI conviction, drivers of Texas refuses to submit to a breath test. The results of a breath test can be used to obtain a conviction. Drivers facing DWI charges based on the results of the breath test should know that test results can be questioned in certain circumstances.


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