Breathalyzer tests need to be reliable
A controversy in B.C. about the reliability of breathalyzers used by police in roadside tests should raise red flags in this province, too.
A Vancouver lawyer’s examination of the situation through access to information requests raises questions about the accuracy of such tests. Paul Doroshenko’s investigation showed that in one case, a sober Abbotsford, B.C., police officer failed a breathalyzer screening while testing the machine.
Doroshenko’s study of documents revealed a host of problems with the machines in several B.C. communities including Vancouver, Abbotsford, Whistler, Kitimat, Kamloops and Port Moody, with none of the troubles reported to the Superintendent of Motor Vehicles, according to a Canadian Press story in Tuesday’s Lethbridge Herald.
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