# Breathalizer test **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 8, 2013, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breathalizer-test/662919 "2013-07-08T06:07:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2013, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breathalizer-test/662919/101 "2013-07-11T14:02:01Z")
> [@Mithras](#): > > I guess because Arizona explicitly said they can charge you for having a BAC under .08, any cites in that state are off limits. Therefore, I want to warn anyone looking for a case to avoid Pennsylvania as well. From the [official PA DMV website](http://www.dmv.state.pa.us/legislation/dui.shtml): Actually, if you look around, pretty much every stste has a similar provision in their DUI laws. .08 is merely the limit at which _no other evidence_ is needed. ETA: for commercial drivers, it’s .04, for those under the age of 21, it’s .01-zero tolerance. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2013, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breathalizer-test/662919/102 "2013-07-11T14:11:55Z")
Well OK, apparently Mithras wants to keep this GQ. Very well then, we’d best not talk about Colorado either: CRS 42-4-1301 (6)(a) (paraphrased) (i) less than .05 = not under the influence, not impaired (ii) between .05 - .08 = “permissible inference” of impairment, and “competent evidence” of under the influence (iii) greater than .08 = “competent evidence” of under the influence. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2013, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breathalizer-test/662919/103 "2013-07-11T14:17:47Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > Actually, if you look around, pretty much every stste has a similar provision in their DUI laws. > > .08 is merely the limit at which _no other evidence_ is needed. > > ETA: for commercial drivers, it’s .04, for those under the age of 21, it’s .01-zero tolerance. With commercial drivers, it’s my understanding from talking to truck drivers that it’s not just that it’s .04, it’s that they lose their license too, which then means they lose their job, and not just their job, but it’s not even like they can go work (legally anyways) for another truck driving outfit so they have to go find another line of work altogether. The truck drivers I know don’t mess around when it comes to drinking and driving, it’s just not worth the risk. And just to clarify, it has nothing to do with drinking and driving on the job or in their truck, the can blow a .05 at 3 am on their own time and lose their CDL and next week they’re out looking for a job as a roofer or a handyman ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2013, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breathalizer-test/662919/104 "2013-07-11T15:04:08Z")
> [@matt357](#): > > What are you 12? **Moderator Warning** **matt357** , insults are not permitted in General Questions. You also have been instructed to not keep bumping your own threads with non-factual information. This is an official warning. Do not do this again. Since the factual aspects of this question have been answered, I’m closing this. Colibri General Questions Moderator ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2013, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breathalizer-test/662919/105 "2013-07-11T15:13:00Z")
> [@Rick](#): > > There is a word that describes posters like the OP. Jerk? No I think it starts with a letter closer to the end of the alphabet. If only I could remember. [Moderator Note] Accusations of trolling are not permitted outside of the Pit. Given that this is a first offense and the accusation was not direct (as well as the fact that I think what the OP was doing was verging on trolling) I am making this a note instead of a warning, but don’t do this again. Colibri General Questions Moderator [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breathalizer-test/662919.md?page=5)