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Ohio Rejects Popular Breathalyzer: Accuracy Challenged

By Lawrence Taylor

As readers here know, I’ve posted extensively in recent months about the need to know the secret software controlling various breath-testing machines – and the growing number of courts across the country that are ordering the manufacturers to divulge this critical information.  See, for example, Judge Orders Secrets of Breath Machine Revealed, Judge: Divulge Breathalyzer Code…or Else, and Second Manufacturer Must Reveal  Breathalyzer Secrets.  The manufacturers of these machines continue to thumb their noses at the courts, unwilling to let anyone see what is inside these "black boxes" that act as judge and jury in DUI cases.  See Breathalyzer Manufacturer Thumbs Nose at Courts, Secret Breathalyzer Software Still Secret ...continue to full post

Full post as published by DUI Blog on December 02, 2008 (boomark / email).