As many are aware, the accuracy
of the breath test instruments was called into question recently due to deficiencies in the State Toxicology Lab.
Not exact matches
Our
breath testing instruments follow the
testing protocols
of the DOT, and can also be modified for specific program needs.
Unlike many
of the personal
testing devices that you can find on the internet, in flight magazines or novelty promotions, these
instruments have been
tested by the U.S. Department
of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and have proven to meet their requirements for evidential
breath testers.
The RBT VXL features the Alco - Sensor ® VXL, the latest in the trusted line
of Alco - Sensor ® evidential grade handheld
breath testing instruments.
The Intox EC / IR II.t
instrument is designed to offer a range
of measurements that our customers commonly encounter when performing
breath alcohol
testing.
If the driver is taken back to the detachment, it may be cleared up by a Proper
Breath Test (PTB), which is taken on an
instrument approved for the purpose
of collecting evidence.
Because at our law office we own all
of the
breath -
testing instruments normally used in BC, and a number that have been used over the years.
He is a certified expert witness specific to the DataMaster
breath -
testing instrument (which is used across South Carolina), a trial lawyer who has trained at the National Criminal Defense College and National College for DUI Defense, and a lifetime member
of the National Association
of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL).
In January 2013, an Alberta Court
of Queen's bench decision on a summary conviction appeal held that maintenance logs for evidentiary
breath testing instruments (such as the Intoxilyzer 5000C) must be disclosed by the Crown to an accused person on request: R. v. Kilpatrick, 2013 ABQB 5.
If the police fail to comply with technical requirements stipulated in the Criminal Code in relation to the
breath demand they made
of you, the period
of time within which it was made or an approved
instrument was not used by someone qualified to operate the
instrument, your
test results may be deemed inadmissible in court.
There are
breath test instruments in the county seats
of Davenport, Ephrata, and Ritzville, WA, and sometimes in the smaller cities.