Tag Archives: Pennsylvania Breath Machines
Pennsylvania residents don’t trust self-regulating butchers, so why do they trust self-regulating police officers and technicians? I came across an article about self-regulation that I would like to share: Pennsylvania mulls handing weights and measures inspection to private sector When consumers get a bad meal, they know it. But getting shortchanged on a few ounces of [...]
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Dude, I just got convicted by a breath test machine that was state-of-the-art in 1984
January 22, 2010 by Justin McShane
I frequently talk to people about evidentiary breath testing. I explain the weaknesses of one infamous and silly device called the Intoxilyzer 5000. This is the breath test machine used by the Harrisburg Police Department and other surrounding police departments. After I explained a lot of the shortcomings it seems that about 9 out of [...]
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Why there should be cameras in DUI processing centers, blood draw areas and even labs…. It’s not just a Florida problem folks. -Justin J. McShane, Esquire, Pennsylvania DUI Attorney I am the highest rated DUI Attorney in PA as Rated by Avvo.com You can follow me on Twitter, Facebook or Linkedin Board Certified [...]
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In our current series How to Find a DUI Lawyer in Pennsylvania, we are examining what information an average citizen should gather in order to select the best DUI Lawyer. Here are the topics we have covered so far: What is a DUI Lawyer? Question #1: What specialized DUI training have you attended over the past [...]
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As a highly regarded DUI attorney, I invariably get asked “Well, how do I beat the breath test machine?” I always respond, “Don’t worry about beating the Breath test machine. Worry about it beating you.” What I mean by this is that the machine can over-report your true Blood Alcohol Content. In other words, the [...]
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Bad Breath: How You Can be Guilty Not of a DUI, but Guilty of Eating a Hoagie
June 9, 2009 by Justin McShane
A FALSE POSITIVE: We can think of a lot of things in our every day lives that can provide for false positives such as: pregnancy tests quick screen mammograms prostate marker screening tests for cancer PAP smear BREATH TEST MACHINES! We are all probably familiar with the idea of a false positive. Technically, Merriam Webster’s Medical Dictionary defines [...]
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