Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 beta 3/9/83; site frog.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!harvard!think!mit-eddie!cybvax0!frog!john From: john@frog.UUCP (John Woods) Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Re: DWI crackdowns, BAC, testing Message-ID: <253@frog.UUCP> Date: Mon, 5-Aug-85 17:38:31 EDT Article-I.D.: frog.253 Posted: Mon Aug 5 17:38:31 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 7-Aug-85 02:51:12 EDT References: <2743@harpo.UUCP> <279@SCIRTP.UUCP> Organization: Charles River Data Systems, Framingham MA Lines: 25 >>What is needed is for all states that have DWI policies to also require that >>any bar in the state make avaiable to its patrons the use of a breathalizer >>device > > Here in North Carolina several bars I have been to have these machines. > The only problem is all the loony alcoholics use it as a guage of machismo > by challenging each other to blow as high a reading as possible without > passing out. > > -todd jones How about a modification to these machines to squirt aqueous KCN solution into the throat of those who peg the meter? Add a $10 fee per hit to go to the bar (much like credit card companies give to establishments which put out credit card applications), and I bet these things would spread like wildfire! Hang on, I'm off to the Patent Office!!! CLOSE-CAPTIONED FOR THE HUMOR-IMPAIRED: : - ) -- John Woods, Charles River Data Systems, Framingham MA, (617) 626-1101 ...!decvax!frog!john, ...!mit-eddie!jfw, jfw%mit-ccc@MIT-XX.ARPA