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Originally Posted by GP_Matt
I have never actually seen/used one but am aware of all the procedures that they have to go through. My concern is that those procedures are likely important to ensure that the sample/result is accurate. A lot of them likely developed after court cases were thrown out for one reason or another so they came up with a procedure to make sure that going forward the charges stuck.
Under the new system there are no more court cases so there is no method of questioning the accuracy and validity of their procedures. The fear is the procedures will become more lax and won't be followed as closely. We see that all the time in our industry where when you stop enforcing a procedure people become sloppy.
I also have a prediction that under the new system fewer charges of driving over 0.08 will be handed out because the burden of proof will be so much higher. It will be much easier to hand out the lesser penalty and avoid all the paperwork and possible court appearance.
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you do realize that blowing over .08 still carries an impaired charge right? it's that range of .05 -.08 that the penalties have changed in.
I was speaking with my brother-in-law (traffic cop who is a breath tech, about it this weekend) and he said the only reforms that are now enforcable are in the .05-.08 range and the impaired ones will come into practice starting in september. Those impaired charges are still going through some reforms and many cops are unsure of what they will all entail as they are still trying to grasp the changes associated with the .05 - .08
I could have misinterpreted what he was trying to tell me but that was what i got out of it.