Passing a Breathalyzer when you’re Drunk
Having watched the spike TV’s special investigative study about ways to pass a breathalyzer (without success), I thought I’d throw in the only fool proof method. Interestingly it isn’t a matter of chemistry - it’s a matter of psychology. I didn’t think there was any way of passing a breathalyzer test when you are drunk, but then a friend named Cory set me straight. Turns out he was pulled over one night in Sumrall, Mississippi (a very small country town) around midnight on a Saturday evening. This new deputy could taste the blood. After a full hour of powerful testosterone possession, my friend was let go by the local SPD, despite being legally drunk. He simply outlasted the officer.
Now before we go any further allow me to tell you an old war story. When I was 23 years old my new Toyota Tacoma’s headlights were set a little high. This was the result of some body work, which was the result of my rear ending a friend. About midnight one night I pulled onto the highway directly behind a Lamar County Sheriff. He assumed my headlights were on bright and that I was drunk. He slowed, pulled in behind me, and then pulled me over.
I was a little nervous but had not had a single drop of alcohol. I failed the ABC test (for some reason I blanked out at W), and then I failed the ‘walk the line’ test by tripping when I was supposed to turn around. I told him I’d gladly take a breathalyzer and that I wasn’t drunk. He believed me and said I must be nervous and let me go home. This was a much better night than the time we got pulled over, we were drunk, and the deputy placed the breathalyzer in my mouth. Being the honest guy I am, I pushed all the air possible from my lungs into the small device. He showed the results to another deputy as I asked “how bad is it?”…. I couldn’t keep from laughing. I owe those guys one for they let me go that night too.
So this friend of mine was quite drunk when he was pulled over by the Sumrall PD. The deputy placed him in the back seat of the patrol car and took him down to the station for a breathalyzer. Cory had heard of the possibility of passing the test by placing one’s tongue over the hole at the exact moment you blow. Well that’s exactly what he did. And then he did it some more.
In fact the deputy insisted that he was just putting his tongue over the hole. Cory swore he wasn’t and just kept blowing. Cory kept insisting the machine was broken. After about an hour of this nonsense the deputy gave up. They can’t book you for failing a breathalyzer unless you do in fact fail one. And technically Cory didn’t refuse the breathalyzer test. He willingly accepted the test and simply outlasted the officer’s patience. He made it home that night without further ado.
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Tags: arrest, breathalyzer, drunk, pass, sobriety
July 21st, 2008 at 10:48 pm
That’s really not cool… you or your friend might have killed someone driving drunk like that. I can’t believe there are people who still think like this. Are you a teenager? C’mon. Maybe one of your readers will try it and be the guy who drives into you one night.
July 21st, 2008 at 11:00 pm
Interesting perspective….