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None — A growing number of bars in Charlotte have "do-it-yourself" devices to test blood alcohol levels. Some law enforcement officers worry the machines send mixed signals to potential drunken ...

Little is known about the breathalyzer, even to the bar’s owner Stephen Moore who said someone installed the machine three years ago to help support local fire departments. Stuffed away in a corner of ...

It appears the case against thousands of Breathalyzer tests used to determine guilt for an equal number of those charged with drunken driving has finally been resolved. The state’s highest court, ...

The way Mark Krems sees it, there are two types of breathalyzers — one costs $1, the other costs $10,000. Krems and his son, Freddy Krems, the owners of a Scottsdale-based company called Blo-Safe, ...

CALIBRATE AND OPERATE THEIRS? I’M NOT AWARE OF AN INSTRUMENT OUT THERE THAT’S THAT’S SAY, MORE ACCURATE. KEVIN ROBERTS IS A CRIMINALIST WITH THE BREATH AND ALCOHOL UNIT AT THE NEW HAMPSHIRE STATE ...

When Ryan Walden was a junior in college, one of his friends was arrested for drunken driving. He said his friend hadn’t had a drink in four hours and thought he was OK to get behind the wheel. The ...

Massachusetts' highest court has made a ruling that could set the stage for the dismissal of tens of thousands of drunken driving cases. The Supreme Judicial Court unanimously upheld a previous ruling ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. — The Washington State Supreme Court Thursday reversed a 2022 Kitsap County District Court decision that ruled breathalyzers inadmissible in court. In 2022, the Kitsap County District ...

Joshua Noble set down his drink, walked up to a breathalyzer machine by the front door at The Mint bar on 19th Street, put in a dollar, grabbed a clean straw and blew. "Woo-hoo!" the Bakersfield ...

Stuffed away in a corner of the Sonoma bar Town Square is a breathalyzer machine, where patrons like Jasmine Ramirez test their intoxication — in this case, after two glasses of sparkling wine and a ...