>> >Some area police officers are now armed with law enforcement's hottest new
>> weapon against drunken driving--the PAS III Sniffer, a hand-held
>> alcohol-detection device concealed in a flashlight.
>>
>> Of course, the device also triggers on sober drivers who are driving
>> their reeking friends home. Such incidents have been reported in
>> the news but I don't have a ref.
Out of curiousity, does anybody know whether it detects ethanol itself
or leftovers from metabolizing the ethanol? The latter says somebody
in the car has been drinking (but might not be drunk any more),
while the former says that somebody recently consumed or spilled ethanol
(but might not be drunk yet.) I'd guess they're detecting ethanol itself,
which means that if you weren't drunk yet but some girl dumped
a drink on your head and you gave up and left, you're busted again :-)
Thanks!
Bill
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