I recently got arrested and charged with minor consumption for blowing a .007 on a breathalyzer. I am supposed to be meeting with my probation officer on Thursday. However I hadn't been drinking, I merely had cough medicine a few hours earlier. I failed to mention this at the time of the arrest (I was pissed off, and a little shook up from the wreck that took place beforehand). Should I fight this and tell the probation officer the truth? I'm afraid they'll wonder why I didn't tell them this when I was arrested... Is it worth it?
2007-10-14 15:21:50 · 6 answers · asked by *** 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
I did not say that I blew .07, it was .007. Which is a big difference...
2007-10-14 16:16:53 · update #1
If you took enough cough medicine to blow a point .07, you deserved the DWI.
It doesn't matter where it came from, you had way more alcohol in your system than is allowed.
2007-10-14 15:33:15 · answer #1 · answered by Citicop 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
It would take 4 bottles of cough medicine to blow an .07 , plus one more bottle for every hour since you took it. "A few hours" as you say, would be 7 bottles.
I would suggest showing a receipt for 7 bottles, or come up with another plan.
2007-10-14 22:41:22 · answer #2 · answered by trooper3316 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It is not physically possible to blow a .07 after consuming a couple of teaspoons of cough syrup "a few hours" earlier.
There is something left out here.
2007-10-14 23:11:05 · answer #3 · answered by joeanonymous 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
absolutely you should fight it..i used to have a home breathalizer where i had to check in three times a day for 8mos. the only time it would pick up any alchol was when i took nyquil and some other prescription medicine. it even picked up chewing gum though the gum was .oo1 but stil was something..get a lawyer because they will tear that officer a new one...such as asking when was that particular device calibrated and other question you wouldn't imagine. I dont want anyone going through what i went through..good luck pal.....dont go with a public defender...invest 1000 bucks or so its worth it
2007-10-14 22:26:46 · answer #4 · answered by The One 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
If you can convince them you were gulping cough syrup by the quart, give it a try.
2007-10-14 22:44:49 · answer #5 · answered by Barry auh2o 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
COPS, ain't crazy, neither the one who invented the breathalyzer.
2007-10-14 22:26:12 · answer #6 · answered by Flying Soldier 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋