Pilot failed breath test after going on diet
Diets and DUI, Please follow the link for a storey on a Pilot that was arrested after officers suspected he was under the influence of alcohol. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/04/14/npilot14.xml
It turns out the pilot was on a low carb diet and subsequent blood tests determined he did not have much if any actual alcohol in his system. At this time the pilot has no comment and is looking forward to getting back in the air. This is just another example as to the unreliability of breath tests. Hopefully more stories like this will get out to the public so people will understand the reading from the breath test isn’t the end of the world. As a DUI lawyer in California, I have an extensive questionnaire for my clients so we can look at every possible defense to a charge of DUI.
