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Message started by Poly-ana on Sep 25th, 2008 at 11:09pm

Title: Re: How do I react to control questions?
Post by SanchoPanza on Sep 26th, 2008 at 8:04pm
We could argue the error rate of breath analysis using a breathalyzer or I could point out that failing a breathalyzer is not, in and of itself, sufficient to convict someone of drunk driving,  but it doesn't have anything to do with the question I asked.

Again you are trying to change the question and the comparison to suit yourself so you can provide the answer you want. Just admit you can't think of why someone would consult failures for tips on passing.

BTW a breathalyzer doesn't  directly measure a person's level of inebriation.It does not provide a reading of "You are X% drunk" It provides a statistical inference correlating the amount of alcohol in a sibject's bloodstream based on an analysis of alcohol in a breath sample. That really has little to do with how "Drunk" someone is which is a subjective statement concerning the appearance of the level of impairment or the observable behaviors of someone who has been drinking.  A BAC of 0.10% may make a 98 pound coed so drunk she can't walk while the same BAC in a 300 pound linebacker might be undetectable depending on drinking history, metabolism, tolerance for alcohol, or percentage of body fat absent a chemical test.

Arguably if you could practice the Standardized Filed Sobriety Test to the point of perfection even while your BAC was above the legal limit, you would have developed a countermeasure that would effectively keep you from being arrested for DUI or submitting to a breathalyzer or intoxilyzer.  If this is what you were trying to do, why would you consult convicted drunk drivers since in all probability they lack the skills necessary to pass a field sobriety test or they wouldn't have been convicted in the first place.

That is why consulting people who failed polygraph test for tips on how to pass seems like a fooloish endeavor.

Sancho Panza

Cullen  If your PS is intended as a tongue in cheek attampt at humor, my response is very funny hahaha.     If it was meant as an ad hominum attack, my response to you is Let's play horsey, I'll be the "head end" and you can just be yourself.

SP

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