The reason i ask is that i was charged with a DWI, i had returned home after about two hours being out. I was invited to breakfast, and went back out where i was subsequently arrested. In between, i had brushed my teeth and rinsed with mouthwash. I hadn't considered these as a factor until someone mentioned it. My breathalizer test registered a .22, which seemed absurdly high.
2006-09-01 03:18:05 · 10 answers · asked by C B 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
Mouthwash Breathalyzer
2016-11-11 05:56:44 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Alcohol becomes systemic when consumed and cannot be diluted by simply brushing your teeth and mouthwash. When you take a breathalizer, it detects presence of alcohol in the respired oxygen. perhaps the reason you tested what you believe to be a high reading is because some mouthwash products actually contain alcohol. You have already been charged with a DUI/DWI, consider it an intervention.
2006-09-01 03:27:22 · answer #2 · answered by Sumanitu Taka 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the breath test was done correctly, the effect of the mouthwash would have been virtually nonexistent. The testing does not consist of simply having you blow into the machine. It involves several minutes of observation both before and after. By the time you would have been taken into custody, transported, received initial in-processing, observed then tested, any alcohol from the mouthwash would have been gone. Face it, you were drunk.
2006-09-01 19:40:55 · answer #3 · answered by R_SHARP 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thats why there is an observation period prior to administering a BAC test. Also the Intoxilizer 5000 will detect mouth alcohol due to the unnatural spike in a reading containing mouth alcohol.
.22 in a 150 lbs. person whould be about 6 drinks.
2006-09-04 08:26:35 · answer #4 · answered by JOHN 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well, considering there actualy is alcohol in the mouthwash, but in all actuality, the breathalyzer analyzes the breath from your lungs, while their is still alcohol in your bloodstream. for every drink that you ingest, it takes the body 3 hours to process it.
a drink being a 12 oz beer, a shot, a 6 oz glass of wine. and if you had say 4 beers in that 2 hour time, it would take 12 hours for your body to process that alcohol. so what you need to do is figure out how much you drank of what, and do the math.
i learned this info in a safe driving course.
2006-09-01 03:24:57 · answer #5 · answered by daddysboicub 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Alcohol is in mouth wash also some menthol cigarettes can affect the test. That;s why the police won't let you smoke before you blow on the machine. However, unless you rinsed with mouthwash just moments before the test, it should not be a factor.
2006-09-01 03:24:09 · answer #6 · answered by tallerfella 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Not at all. Toothpaste and mouth wash will clean out your mouth but the breathalyzer measures the alcohol content of your breath - what you exhale from your lungs. In fact, some mouthwashes contain a small percent of alcohol, so it may actually increase it but I'm thinking it wouldn't affect it so much...
2006-09-01 03:23:12 · answer #7 · answered by Dastardly 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No they really can't effect it much at all.
A good certified tester can get the correct readings regardless.
and actually after you drink it will take a couple of hours for the drinking to reach its peak in your blood and will stay there for hours as it very slowly lowers.
2006-09-01 15:05:32 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
eat a couple packets of mustard (mcdonalds or any other fast food gives em out free with burgers or any thing else) it masks any trace of alcool temporarilly.
2006-09-01 04:36:57 · answer #9 · answered by sikn_shadow_420 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you are really worried - stop drinking so much!
2006-09-01 03:20:46 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋