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30 minutes? A breathlyser test doesn't take that long. And (in Australia) you can always choose to submit to another test (a blood test) at the police

Posted by Roger More (aka RogerMore) Mar 12 '10, 09:29

station.

Also, Australia has a huge binge drinking problem, and a huge drink driving problem, but its road fatality rates are below Canada's and well below the United States, and that's due in part to the drink driving laws, but also how they are enforced.

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From start of stop to driving off, yes, it does. (I've taken two in my life.) (Zeros across the board on both.) -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Mar 12, 09:30 9
- were you talking belligerently to them? - zork Mar 12, 09:35 2
  - No. This is one you have to trust me on, but I am always respectful of cops and really polite. "More flies with honey..." kinda thing. - Name Withheld By Request Mar 12, 09:38
  - It's NWBR. He's smooth. I'm sure he was perfectly loquacious. -- nm - Beryllium Mar 12, 09:36
- dude, I don't know what tech they have in manitoba, but in the rest of the world a breatho takes ~10 seconds. -- nm - mafic Mar 12, 09:32 5
  - The actual blowing, yes. But I'm talking about start to stop and the full process. Each time, it was about a half-hour detention. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Mar 12, 09:36 2
    - that's just the cop being a dick. last one I did took less than a minute, and they bring the breatho to you. -- nm - mafic Mar 12, 09:38 1
      - Nope. Both times it was, "Please get out of the car sir and come with me." I was in the passenger seat of the cruiser. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Mar 12, 09:40
  - the cop probably took his sweet-ass time -- nm - Beryllium Mar 12, 09:33
  - They make you blow into a paper bag and then let a dog sniff it? -- nm - Roger More Mar 12, 09:33

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30 minutes? A breathlyser test doesn't take that long. And (in Australia) you can always choose to submit to another test (a blood test) at the police

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