It tastes awful and it works but Can You Fail It? That is can you fail a breathalyzer with Buckley’s cough mixture?
When we say, “fail” what we mean is give a false reading on a breathalyzer. Even if a product is non-alcoholic, can it still fool an approved screening device into thinking there’s alcohol?
In “Can You Fail It?”, we put everyday household items to the test to ask, Can You Fail It? Through the magic of science we put everyday household items to the test in order to find out if they can you give a false positive reading on an approved screening device (ASD). With that in mind, should you stay away from certain things before you get behind a wheel.
We are looking to see if these products will generate a false positive reading on an approved screening device. That is, can they trick a breathalyzer into showing there is alcohol present in your body. Even just by being present in your mouth. Your body does not have to absorb them to show up on a breathalyzer.
A reading of 0 to 0.049 blood alcohol content (BAC) is a pass in a breath test. A reading of 0.05 to 0.79 is a “warn” while 0.08 or higher is a “fail”. In order to find out can you fail a breathalyzer with Buckley’s cough mixture, first we needed to show we had no residual mouth alcohol by doing what’s called a blank test.
So far we’ve tested all manner of household items to find out if you can fail a breathalyzer with them. To see some of the previous items we have tested in the name of science, take a look at our YouTube playlist.
Watch the video to find out can you fail a breathalyzer with Buckley’s cough mixture.
You can watch a previous video in which we tested apple juice, here.