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Inaccurate Breathalyzers Cast Doubt on 1,147 DUI Cases in Philadelphia

By Lawrence Taylor

As regular readers of this blog are painfully aware, over the past 7 years I’ve posted ad nauseum about the inaccuracy and unreliability of breath machines used in drunk driving cases.  See, for example, How Breathalyzers Work – and Why They Don’t, Breath-Alcohol Testing: "State of the Art"?, Report: Breathalyzers Outdated, Unreliable, Unstable and "Close Enough for Government Work".  In fact, a few days ago I wrote about the Washington D.C. Attorney General throwing out dozens of DUI cases and investigating hundreds of others because of breathalyzer accuracy issues.  See Attorney General Finds Widespread Breathalyzer Inaccuracies; Police Shut Down All Machines. For those doubters out there who thought this was just an isolated instance, consider today’s news:    Philadelphia To Review All Breathalyzer-DUI Cases From 15 Months  Philadelphia, PA...continue to full post

Full post as published by DUI Blog on March 25, 2011 (boomark / email).