Intoxilyzer 8000 Biased Against Americans
The Intoxilyzer 8000 is used in Europe under the brand name Lion. On their website [HERE] they describe the process of breath alcohol physiology. There is one glaring difference however. They use a 2300:1 ratio instead of a 2100:1 ratio. So? Example: If you blew a into the Lion (Intoxilyzer) 8000 with of 2300: 1 partition ratio, and the machine reported BrAC results of .070 then you blew into the machine with a 2100: 1 partition ratio you would be .080 or higher. (thanks to DUIstopped.us for this example). If this is true, it means that machines in the US are more biased...
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