CLASS RACER FORUM
Page 2 of 9 1 2 34 Last »
Show 40 post(s) from this thread on one page

CLASS RACER FORUM (https://classracer.com/classforum/index.php)
-   Stock and Super Stock (https://classracer.com/classforum/forumdisplay.php?f=3)
-   -   Allen Johnson DQ'd? (https://classracer.com/classforum/showthread.php?t=28515)

Myron Piatek 09-18-2010 04:01 PM
Re: Allen Johnson DQ'd?
 
There is a little more insight on breathalizer readings posted by Jared Jordan on a moparts.com thread.

http://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/...gonew=1#UNREAD

bigshow2966 09-18-2010 04:06 PM
Re: Allen Johnson DQ'd?
 
Saw elsewhere he admitted to having 11 hours between dinner and the test. The body will drop the BAC about .02 an hour. That means he was at around .25 last night.

Stephen & Horace Johnson 09-18-2010 04:15 PM
Re: Allen Johnson DQ'd?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Superfan1 (Post 211504)
It depends on how late the dinner was and how many drinks he considers "a few". In order to blow an .027 this morning, either he had many drinks with dinner, or he drank shortly before the test.
i agree......my thing is why risk it??

Ed Wright 09-18-2010 04:21 PM
Re: Allen Johnson DQ'd?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Superfan1 (Post 211504)
It depends on how late the dinner was and how many drinks he considers "a few". In order to blow an .027 this morning, either he had many drinks with dinner, or he drank shortly before the test.
Thanks Bill. I never drank, so never been tested, so did not know enogh to comment.

Myron Piatek 09-18-2010 04:52 PM
Re: Allen Johnson DQ'd?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by bigshow2966 (Post 211508)
Saw elsewhere he admitted to having 11 hours between dinner and the test. The body will drop the BAC about .02 an hour. That means he was at around .25 last night.
How close are the readings typically between a blood/alcohol (BAC?) test and a breathalizer?

Jared Jordan 09-18-2010 05:07 PM
Re: Allen Johnson DQ'd?
 
They're very close. A breath testing machine measures deep lung alcohol. One of the ways that your body burns off alcohol is through the tissue at the bottom of your lungs. To get a good sample, you have to exhale completely. The machine takes the alcohol it detects in the lungs via a fuel cell. When alcohol hits the fuel cell it converts into electricity from which the machine calculates a blood-alcohol content based on an assumed partition ratio (lot of argument about whether this is fair if anyone's interested in some extra reading).

Not sure how the private firm does it, but in order for the BAC results of a breach machine to be admitted in California courts, they have to be calibrated every 10 days or 150 test subjects, whichever is reached first. Some states also allow you to have an extra sample retained (blood usually) if you want to have an independent laboratory do the testing.

In short, these machines are extremely accurate. Dead nuts.

John Leichtamer Jr 09-18-2010 05:41 PM
Re: Allen Johnson DQ'd?
 
I wonder if they ever tested Compton in the morning?????

Hammer

Jim Cimarolli 09-18-2010 05:46 PM
Re: Allen Johnson DQ'd?
 
Jared,

Just for grins I'd like to sit down in front of one of them machines with a quart of rot gut whiskey and just see how much I could drink before I blew over the limit!

Chad Rhodes 09-18-2010 05:52 PM
Re: Allen Johnson DQ'd?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by John Leichtamer Jr (Post 211521)
I wonder if they ever tested Compton in the morning?????

Hammer
yea right.

X-TECH MAN 09-18-2010 05:53 PM
Re: Allen Johnson DQ'd?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by John Leichtamer Jr (Post 211521)
I wonder if they ever tested Compton in the morning?????

Hammer
LOL............Do the machines read that high?


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 01:23 PM.
Page 2 of 9 1 2 34 Last »
Show 40 post(s) from this thread on one page

Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2025, vBulletin Solutions Inc.
Copyright Class Racer.com. All Rights Reserved. Designated trademarks and brands are the property of their respective owners.