| Drunk driving is one of the most tragic | | | | the driver is asked to blow into a device. This |
| phenomena that regularly face human society. | | | | device then measures the blood alcohol |
| Every day, people are killed by men and women | | | | concentration (BAC) from his breath. For example, |
| who are driving under the influence of an | | | | he may blow into the analyzer and receive a |
| intoxicant. Not only do intoxicated people put their | | | | reading of.0564. This indicates that he has a |
| own lives at risk when they drive drunk, but they | | | | blood-alcohol level of.0564%. In the United States, |
| also endanger the lives of the families and | | | | a blood-alcohol level of.08% is typically the legal |
| innocent bystanders who share the road with | | | | limit. If a person drives with a BAC of less |
| them. Although it is difficult to stop every instance | | | | than.08%, then he isn't considered intoxicated and |
| of drunk driving, a breath alcohol analyzer is a tool | | | | is not accused of breaking the law. If his alcohol |
| that the government and you individually can use | | | | content is above this, then he is considered drunk |
| to help deter it. | | | | and may be subjected to severe penalties. |
| What is a breath analyzer? | | | | How to stay under the limit |
| If a citizen is suspected of driving under the | | | | Since a drinker cannot easily tell what his blood |
| influence of an intoxicant, he will often be | | | | alcohol content is, many people have begun to |
| subjected to a breath alcohol analyzer test. | | | | carry a personal breathalyzer around with them. |
| Before the widespread use of these tests, the | | | | They can either leave it in their car or bring it with |
| police would use other methods to determine the | | | | them to social functions where intoxicants might |
| sobriety of the driver. For example, the police | | | | be served. This allows them to drink responsibly |
| officer may ask the driver to walk in a straight | | | | and to stay under the limit. After a few drinks at |
| line on the road or to follow the officer's finger | | | | a party, a person can simply takeout his portable |
| with his eyes. These were clues that the driver | | | | breathalyzer before he orders his next drink so |
| may be intoxicated, but they did not provide | | | | that he can ensure he follows the rules that the |
| incontrovertible proof. | | | | government has imposed. A personal breathalyzer |
| A breath analyzer, on the other hand, is a much | | | | is practical for almost any regular drinker. It can |
| more direct method of testing to see how much | | | | save them unwanted run-ins with police and save |
| alcohol is in a person's system. To take this test, | | | | lives. |