Letters to the Editor
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Science!
Now if someone could come up with a product that would prevent alcohol from entering your exhalation or being reabsorbed on the way out so that your breath had no alcohol in it, that would keep breathalysers from detecting if you were drunk and it'd keep you buzzed longer. Not that that would be a good thing...
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Still worth a shot
Probably half of all arrests for DUI are made secondarily, through routine traffic stops, or at SOBRIETY CHECKPOINTS. At the Checkpoints the officer has nothing to go on, but your breath, your demeanor, and your response to his questions. If you are inside a car with the windows rolled up the odor of alcohol can permeate the passenger area. If you arrive at checkpoint with all the windows down the air conditioning running full blast, he has another reason to suspect you of drinking.
DUI levels in California are ridiculously low, and cops will tell you they cannot tell a .08 driver from anyone else. The penalties associated with a conviction are so severe I am surprised a whole cottage industry hasn't grown up, like fuzz buster radar detectors. A speeding ticket is only a couple hundred bucks. Cops are always going to catch the impaired driver, that's only half of where it's at.
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In NC 0.0 is still under the influence
Of 'something'. If the cop suspects you of being the under the influence of anything, then that's what you are charged with 'Driving under the influence (of something)'. They don't have to prove it, and they can't, and you can never prove the contrary. When combined with any other moving infraction such as speeding then there is almost always an automatic felony charge.