Atlanta DUI and the Intoxilyzer 5000

1)    The Intoxilyzer does not, to a reasonable degree of scientific certainty,   accurately report alcohol concentrations. For example, an Intoxilyzer  test result of .08 does not actually mean, and cannot be used to show, an alcohol concentration of .08.

2)    Many scientific safeguards that are supposed to ensure that Intoxilyzer 5000 results are valid and reliable simply don’t work. This includes some shocking discoveries, including the fact that the Intoxilyzer 5000 just can't properly measure breath volume, despite claims to the contrary. The Intoxilyzer 5000 also reports the presence of alcohol when a totally “clean” air sample is provided. Basic safeguards, like the ability to detect interfering substances (non-alcohol substances that show up as alcohol), the ability to detect radio frequency interference, and various “self-tests” all fail to work as advertised.

3)    Essential components of the Intoxilyzer can be disabled without sending up any red flags. This includes heating elements and interfering substances detectors that are essential to providing consistent, reliable results.

4)    The “slope detector" is shaping up to be about as faulty as expected. Many people are being charged with “test refusal” because source code errors are reporting otherwise valid samples as “deficient.”

Numerous other flaws have been exposed, all leading towards the final question: Can this machine be trusted to ensure that Georgia roads remain safe, or is it little more than a “random number generator” that is sending innocent people to jail?

Call the Law Offices of Richard S Lawson today if you have been arrested because of a faulty Intoxilyzer 5000 test.