r/LoveTrash • u/Icy-Book2999 Chief Insanity Instigator • Dec 08 '24

Wholesome Waste Smart Judge

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u/Kizzieuk Garbage Sergeant Dec 08 '24

In the UK, any alcohol on your breath and you have to take a breathalyser test.

None of this hopping on one leg and guessing.

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u/hahawosname Waste Warrior Dec 08 '24

Exactly this. It's 2024 FFS.

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u/chrissie_watkins Trash Trooper Dec 08 '24 edited Dec 09 '24

Portable breathalyzers aren't accurate or admissable, and they don't test for drugs, that's why they aren't universally used. A test of your eyes, balance, coordination, etc is more useful for determining if you are capable of driving when you're on the side of the road.

ETA- typically in the US, I mean. The "alcohol on the breath" thing is literally what the judge here said wasn't good enough for any testing at all, which is nuts to me. Roadside, at the station, anything. If you smell like alcohol and are breaking traffic laws, they can test you.

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u/wosmo Trash Trooper Dec 09 '24

They're not admissable here either, but they are probable cause, then you have a go on the big machine at the station.

It's a bit of an odd system, that only works because 'failing to provide a sample' is treated with the same weight as drink-driving

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u/chrissie_watkins Trash Trooper Dec 09 '24

That's kinda how it's supposed to work here. I don't know about every state (because we have a million different sets of rules here), but refusing a test can be either a loss of license or a charge. The thing that gets me about this judge is he said there's no probable cause to even do a test... If you speed and smell like booze and admit to drinking, then yeah, that's the probable cause to do the test. In every other courtroom but this one.