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Source Codes: The Trojan Horse in Defending Drunk Driving  


Author:  Denis Foley.


Source: Volume 10, Number 03, Summer 2006 , pp.53-53(1)




Impaired Driving Update

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Abstract: 

This winter, the IDU Milepost section examined the challenge to the Intoxilyzer ™ 5000 from CMI, Inc. Now, in the Florida Keys, County Judge Reagan Ptomey ordered evidence from the Intoxilyzer™ 5000 thrown out. The decision has stopped drunk driving prosecution. The Monroe County Sheriff has four Intoxilyzers™. (www.keysnews.com) The challenge has spread to New Jersey and New York. It is expected the source code defense will be used nationwide to challenge the Intoxilyzer ™ 5000 (and other units such as the Draeger). The following report is part of a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) position paper on the source code controversy.

Keywords: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA); BAC; Intoxilyzer ™;

Affiliations:  1: Editor.

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