| Are you planning to obtain a driver's license? Then | | | | alcohol test after he or she has been involved in a |
| you might be pretty well aware that passing a | | | | road accident or when there is reasonable |
| drug and alcohol test is one of its most important | | | | suspicion for being under the influence of drugs or |
| requirements. More than a decade ago, the | | | | alcohol while driving. Random drug and alcohol |
| government started to require anyone who owns | | | | tests are also conducted as a proactive measure |
| or leases motor vehicles or carriers to submit | | | | to help keep the roads safer for motorists and |
| himself or herself to alcohol and drug testing prior | | | | pedestrians alike. There are also return-to-duty |
| to obtaining a driver's license. And before a | | | | and follow-up tests that need to be complied with |
| driver's license can be issued to a certain individual, | | | | whenever necessary. |
| he or she must be alcohol and drug free. | | | | Over the years, advances in technology have |
| However, there are still many people who | | | | made detection methods more and more |
| question this kind of policy. A closer look at the | | | | sophisticated. These days, alcohol testing is |
| significance of drug and alcohol tests to road | | | | typically done in two ways: through saliva testing |
| safety will help us better understand the | | | | devices and breath-testing devices. Urine alcohol |
| importance of having "clean" motorists on the | | | | tests are also available but they are not widely |
| road. | | | | used for tests done on the road. An alcohol test |
| Although alcohol is a legal substance, there are still | | | | can also be conducted with the use of hair |
| certain rules to be followed when it comes to | | | | samples and this method has started to become |
| blood alcohol content while driving. Anyone is | | | | an accepted way of revealing alcohol use. The |
| clearly prohibited from driving or performing any | | | | same methods are used for testing the presence |
| safety-sensitive function while he or she is using | | | | or absence of drugs within a person's body. |
| alcohol. The same stands true when a person has | | | | Some people claim that there are ways to dodge |
| a blood alcohol content level of 0.04% or more as | | | | drug and alcohol tests. However, detection |
| revealed by alcohol tests. A person is also | | | | methods have started to become more |
| prohibited from driving when he or she has | | | | advanced that the best way to pass a drug and |
| consumed alcohol within the last four hours. The | | | | alcohol test is to keep yourself free of these |
| same rules apply for illicit drugs. | | | | substances when you know you will be taking the |
| A person is required to undergo a drug and | | | | wheel. |