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By Associated Press
POSTED: 09:04 a.m. EST, Dec 02, 2008
COLUMBUS: Ohio has halted a $6.4 million order for drunken-driving testing machines.
The Ohio Controlling Board agreed Monday to reconsider releasing funds to buy 700 breath-testing machines from a Kentucky company. The panel had approved the order two weeks ago.
The devices' accuracy is being challenged in several states. Board members also say they're concerned about how CMI Inc. of Owensboro, Ky., was picked for the noncompetitive contract.
CMI says its Intoxilyzer 8000 machine is being used in about 10 states and is reliable.
Officials from the Ohio Department of Public Safety and the Ohio Department of Health had pushed for the devices and defended the purchase in testimony Monday.
The board will take up the issue again Dec. 15.
COLUMBUS: Ohio has halted a $6.4 million order for drunken-driving testing machines.
The Ohio Controlling Board agreed Monday to reconsider releasing funds to buy 700 breath-testing machines from a Kentucky company. The panel had approved the order two weeks ago.
The devices' accuracy is being challenged in several states. Board members also say they're concerned about how CMI Inc. of Owensboro, Ky., was picked for the noncompetitive contract.
CMI says its Intoxilyzer 8000 machine is being used in about 10 states and is reliable.
Officials from the Ohio Department of Public Safety and the Ohio Department of Health had pushed for the devices and defended the purchase in testimony Monday.
The board will take up the issue again Dec. 15.
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Bizarrebertucky, OH
Posted 03:18 PM, 12/02/2008
Blood alcohol measurements mean absolutely nothing anymore anyway. Under our current DUI/OVI laws,you can be convicted for merely spilling a beer on yourself,without even actually ingesting any of it. It is left completely up to the disgression of the arresting officer,and no proof whatsoever is needed.
If our lawmakers really want to spend our tax dollars more wisely,they should first stop listening to the stupid M.A.D.D. lobbyists,and design more sensible laws aimed at actually curbing the problems,rather than merely raising revenues at the expense of innocent people's lives.
