Re: Desperate to beat the breathalyzer??
Yea, just a follow up, he was 28, not 18.<br />Read on if you think that was goofy.<br />_______________________________________________<br />Folks have done many strange things over the years in an effort to beat the machine. In a case heard in an Alberta courtroom in March 1985, 28-year-old Dave Zurfluh who was stopped on suspicion of driving while under the influence ate his undershorts in the belief they would soak up the excess alcohol in his system. According to Constable Bill Robinson, the arresting officer, he heard "some ripping and tearing" from the back of the cruiser. "I looked in the back and he was tearing pieces of the crotch of his underwear out and stuffing them in his mouth," Robinson testified. <br /><br />We've no idea if the eating of the shorts was what got him off, but Dave Zurfluh was acquitted of all charges because he'd blown .08 on the breathalyzer, the legal limit.<br />Now get this one <br /><br />In March 2005 a 59-year-old accused drunk driver in Ontario tried to foil a police breathalyser by stuffing his mouth full of feces. He had been taken to the police station for testing, where he grabbed a handful of his own waste "and placed it in his mouth, attempting to trick the breathalyser machine," said Sgt. James Buchanan of the South Simcoe Police. It didn't work. The machine registered two readings of intoxication from samples the suspect provided. Both were more than twice the legal limit.
