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In British Columbia, people can be punished on the basis of a single result on a roadside breathalyzer test. The problem with this method of punishment is that it eliminates the need for all of the procedural safeguards that are otherwise followed in a criminal investigation to ensure that breathalyzer test produce a reliable reading.

This means that many breathalyzer tests that are conducted do not produce reliable results, and this is because factors that can affect the reliability of the test are not identified or noticed by police officers.

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