50 percent of breath alcohol tests wrong

Every second breath alcohol test faulty

09/05/2014

According to traffic physicians every second breath alcohol test should be at traffic checks „give erroneous results“. This was announced by leading experts from the German Association for Traffic Medicine on the sidelines of a joint symposium with the German Society for Traffic Psychology on Friday. The devices are „Although very safe“, However, a police internal study in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern showed that "in about 50 percent of the measurements errors occurred".

Breath Alcohol Test is intended to replace blood sample
Therefore, the researchers were skeptical of the intention to replace blood samples as court-proof evidence of alcohol by measurements of the breath alcohol concentration. „We fear numerous problems in criminal proceedings“, it was said. In the context of the police investigation it may be that in many cases in court the results of the alcohol measurement are questioned.

The prevention of accidents is a declared goal of the German Society of Transport Medicine (DGVM) and the German Association for Traffic Psychology (DGVP). Both companies are currently undertaking a symposium on traffic medicine and traffic psychology. (Sb)

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