The Alco-Sensor

When a driver is stopped by the police, and the officer suspects that the driver has been operating the vehicle in an intoxicated state, the officer may request that the driver take Field Sobriety Tests and/or a Preliminary Breath Test.

The Field Sobriety Tests can include the One Leg Stand Test, the Finger to Nose Test, the Walk and Turn Test, the Gaze Nystagmus Test, the Alphabet Test, the Rhomberg Test, and/or the Finger Count Test.

The Preliminary Breath Test is typically performed by the driver blowing into a device called the Alco-Sensor.

The Alco-Sensor is a handheld infrared breath testing machine that is used as a screening device to determine whether a driver is intoxicated.

The New York State Police, and most other police agencies in the State of New York, use the Alco-Sensor as an alcohol screening device.

If the driver fails some of the Field Sobriety Tests and/or registers a high enough reading on the Alco-Sensor, the driver may be arrested for driving while intoxicated (DWI).

The driver will then be taken down to the station and within two hours will be asked to take a chemical test called the breathalyser, or more likely, some sort of advanced infrared breath testing devise. If the driver is unwilling to take the test at the station, he will be deemed to have "refused" the test.

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