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How Fruit Can Get You a DUI!

A woman wearing sunglasses sits in the driver’s seat of a car, eating a ripe plum while holding a bowl full of plums.

If you’re facing a DUI or an immediate roadside prohibition (IRP), you’re probably feeling stressed and confused. Especially if you believe you are innocent. You might be led to believe that the breathalyzer test is the ultimate, infallible piece of evidence.

But what if I told you that something as innocent as a piece of fruit could potentially skew the results of a roadside breathalyzer and lead to a false positive? It sounds crazy, but it’s true, and it’s an important piece of information for anyone worried about a DUI where they believe they are innocent.

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Why Unreliable Breathalyzer Tests are Such a Big Concern in British Columbia

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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Hand Sanitizer Can Cause You To Fail a Breathalyzer… even if you don’t use it!

As we all know, during these crazy times of Covid-19, hand sanitizer has become everyone’s most important item. It has become second nature for most people that you immediately reach for the hand sanitizer and lather up your hands with the stuff after exiting any place that wasn’t your home or car.

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