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THE CHEMICAL TEST
There are three type of tests and officer may request. The officer may request a test of
the driver’s blood, breath or urine. The driver is not allowed to consult with an attorney prior to
taking this test. However, the driver is allowed an independent blood, breath or urine test upon
request. The officer may not interfere with this request.
The most common test is a breath test. The breath testing devices used in Nebraska are
the Intoxilizyer 5000 and the Datamaster CDM. Both of these devices rely on a inferred light to
assist in making the determination. The infrared light passes through a chamber and at the other
end the chamber has a detector. The detector looks for the decrease in light and then multiplies
its findings from a sample amount of a packet of sweet and low to an amount of a 55 gallon
drum. These devices attempt to correlate blood with breath. Due to these type of errors, the
machine is programed to routinely improperly inflate a driver’s breath test.
As a driver is faced with serious consequences, they must seek out a person who is
familiar with how the testing process works so it can be determined if the machine was working
properly, if the result was improperly inflated, and if the result is reliable.
Many times a driver is faced with a blood test. Once again, due to issues of how alcohol
is absorbed and how the human body reacts, the test may be incorrect. The collection of the
blood may be improper or contaminated, or may not be properly preserved while in transit or
storage which results in unreliable results. In order insure these problems have not occurred, the
driver needs an attorney familiar with these issues to protect the client from an improper
conviction.
Finally, a urine test may be requested. Generally, this test is requested in driving while
under the influence of drug cases. This test is the most unreliable as it test a substance the body
is trying to void. This information is generally hours or days old. An attorney can explain these
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