I heard on the radio this morning that the RCMP has come out with a statement against an $8 home breathalyzer kit that has recently hit dollar stores, selling for $2. They say “They might not be accurate”? WTF?!?! Might not? I suggest that you STFU until you understand that “might not” is not a scientific evaluation of a product that is very easy to scientifically evaluate. —Get Back To Us When You Have Done Your Homework Properly
This article appears in Dec 15-21, 2011.
their pencils are crappy, so i don’t think i would rely on the devices
They use the phrase “might not” because they probably haven’t tested them themselves and are making a judgement based on a) similar products that have come out before and b) other products from this store. It’s always better to err on the side of caution when it comes to drunk driving anyways, so please calm the fuck down.
Would be an interesting court case, not my fault it told me I was ok, if they are not banned to be sold I would think the defendant might have a case, especially the way our justice system rules.
Anyone who uses one of these should not be driving. Anyone who drives knows that this is bullshit.
If you drink, don’t drive. Simple, and it doesn’t cost $2.
I would have thought they were more for general party hilarity.
I had one teacher tell me a story about when he was younger and had to blow into one, he kept a few drops in his mouth of his drink so that when he ‘breathed’ into it, it registered him as dead with a .35 or something crazy high like that….
Why you care homes?
Just to further If not for you’s statement, if you THINK you need to test yourself, you shouldn’t be driving. Period!
I remember the machines that you used a straw to blow in at bars a bunch of years ago, to see how much over the limit you were…
Friends of mine (as well as yours truely) used to see how high we could get it to read .
Yep, those were the days when you could drink all night & still get out of bed in the morning & go to work. Damn it,but I’m sure glad those days are over with ~:)
I buy the $8 tests by the 6 pack. They have saved me on numerous occassions. I have always suspected that they were really a $2 product.
Hey, OB, if you want to use one, go right ahead. But remember, you get what you pay for. Hopefully judges have taken classes on how not to bust a gut when you them “The $8.00 breathalyzer told me I wasn’t impaired”. BTW does the manufacturer give a guarantee that they’ll pay your fine, increased insurance, etc, should their product fail?
That would be just as funny as “the $8000 breathalyzer told me I wasn’t impaired”
get my point?
OB, then go downtown, try to avoid getting murdered though, get totally fucking wasted drunk, pop out your $2 test kit, and then hop behind the wheel. Let me know when though so I can report your ass to the cops. Anyone with half a brain would not rely on a $2 test, let alone drink and then get behind the wheel.
Simple rule: if you drink, don’t drive. I don’t need a breathalyzer. When I have even 1 drink I won’t drive, it’s not worth the chance. What’s the purpose of having one drink anyway, it’s not like liquour tastes good, or is refreshing in any way.
trust me o.p., they aren’t worth the 8 bucks. they are very un-reliable, and could get you suspended very quickly, if you use one on yourself. there used to be a 20 buck one out at least 10 years ago, in the states, that got more people off the road, than a flat tire.
maybe it’s only 2 bucks because they don’t NEED an accurate test…
they just have every test report a FAIL.
I doubt people would test BEFORE they have a drink just to check if the fucking thing works.
as I assume one would say, “that’d just be a waste of a test”
it’d be better than running ads to ‘hand over the keys’ since the people are PAYING for the warning sign themselves.
Um, just don’t drive if you plan to drink at all and put that $2 toward more liquor. It’s simple.
I like your logic, Mel. 😛
Am I the only one thinking that it isnt actually the police officers duty to test products from the dollar store or anywhere else for that matter.
Wouldn’t it be great if sebastian got into a fight down town and died?
yeah yeah, and don’t eat dollar store food cuz it could make you sick, go buy the same brand at the grocery store for twice the price. Don’t smoke Indian cigarettes cuz they got spider feces in them, smoke the expensive store-boughten ones instead, they got rat poison. This year its up with olive oil and down with vegetable oil. Eggs are healthy again, carbs are the devil. The other white meat (pork) is now bad and full of nitrates. Don’t microwave this, use a cast iron pan that causes Altzimers. Ah fuck it.