How to fool a breathalyzer: useful tips

The Government of the Russian Federation regularly tightens penalties for driving a car, motorcycle and other vehicles while intoxicated. In addition to the potential punishment, it is worth noting the tendency to lower the established threshold of alcohol content in ppm. So, in 2013 it was allowed to drive a car to people whose blood alcohol content did not exceed 0.3 ppm, in 2016 - 0.16.

It is important to understand that it is almost impossible to fool a modern breathalyzer, because it has special sensors that allow police officers to determine whether a suspected driver has exhaled into a special tube or not (some models even display the amount of air in ml on the display). Previously, this method was quite popular among drunk drivers: it was enough to just cover the hole with your tongue and be able to simultaneously pout your cheeks; now such a tricky trick will not succeed.

Important: every policeman should know what methods can deceive the alkoster, in order to prevent a drunk driver from being caught before further driving this or that vehicle.

There are a lot of methods, they all use one or another shortcoming of the measuring device, for example, the increased sensitivity of sensors installed on the isthmus between the body and the receiving tube. However, similar disadvantages of modern electronic breathalyzers are absent, therefore, to drive a car in a state of intoxication, relying on their action, is strictly not recommended.

This article describes several methods of cheating a breathalyzer, which have different principles of action:

1. The first are based on the adoption of any products and drugs that slow down the absorption of alcohol and, as a result, the process of intoxication as a whole.
2. The latter have the opposite effect, trying to remove alcohol from the body as soon as possible.
3. The latter have the best effect, but are very short-lived.

Taking foods and drugs that slow down the absorption of alcohol

Special in this group of products is lean vegetable oil, which will help to deceive the breathalyzer, but only during the first half hour after alcohol enters the body. The fact is that particles of oil, being in very close connection with each other, so firmly envelop the walls of the esophagus, intestines, as well as the oral cavity and the surface of the tongue on both sides, as if wrapping in a plastic bag that alcohol particles literally cannot penetrate inside and just go further into the stomach, where in the mentioned half an hour they will dissolve and decompose.

By the way, the myth is widespread that if you take a little vegetable oil after taking alcoholic beverages, this will contribute to the rapid elimination of alcohol from the body in a natural way, and the readings of the breathalyzer will also be close to their normal values. This opinion is fundamentally wrong, because the breathalyzer takes air as a sample, which is exhaled from the lungs, which after a hangover for about 10 hours will still contain alcohol vapor. So, to deceive the breathalyzer after a hangover using this method will not work.

Tip: since vegetable oil has a sufficiently strong laxative effect, after taking a relatively small amount of alcoholic beverages, you can use it only for the speedy removal of harmful substances from the body.

A more perfect way to cheat a breathalyzer is to eat fatty foods in much larger quantities than on a normal day: for example, if you eat, for example, a few hamburgers from McDonald's, KFC or Burger King or slices of pizza, the process of intoxication will take much more time than in a normal situation. The abundance of complex fats, which the body must break down and set aside for a limited amount of time, makes it literally “postpone” the process of alcohol absorption until later. Therefore, it is obvious that after each milliliter of a particular alcoholic drink drunk, it is necessary to eat something fatty right away.

The use of methods that accelerate the elimination of alcohol from the body

A fairly broad advertising campaign was given to the anti-police series biologically active additives, which act on the principle of a classic laxative, but with the only difference being that these additives act more selectively, exposing the molecules necessary for excretion. According to numerous reviews on various Runet forums, both tablets and sprays of the series are able to reduce the time for removing alcohol from the body by several hours. In addition, the Anti-Policeman drug is able to almost completely eliminate the hangover syndrome, therefore it is highly not recommended to take it together with various headache remedies - it is fraught with the appearance of even stronger unpleasant sensations.

One of the most effective ways to quickly remove alcohol from the body is to visit a bath, sauna or steam room. It is important that it be very warmed up, and to be inside it for more than 5-7 minutes was simply impossible. This method works with all people without exception, because it does not depend on the individual characteristics of the body, forcing it to get rid of moisture and other harmful substances as soon as possible.

Important: he has one minus, albeit quite significant: the process is quite lengthy. So, to remove all the substances read by the device contained in one liter of a low-alcohol drink, it will take at least 2.5-3 hours in the bathhouse.

However, if you need to go, for example, in the morning, and in the evening - “drink for the company”, then this method has the right to life. Obviously, removing substances from stronger alcoholic beverages in such a short time will not work.

It will partly help get rid of a hangover and remove alcohol from the body and perform any physical exercises that make you sweat profusely. These include, first of all, cardio exercises (especially running and swimming), as well as classic push-ups, pull-ups and so on. Again, the method is suitable in case of mild intoxication.

Important: true, this method is highly not recommended by doctors and nutritionists due to the large exerted load on the cardiovascular system.

Activated carbon is also able to help remove excess substances from the body, alcohol and its decomposition products, which literally forces the body to get rid of toxic elements by any means. Taking activated charcoal has one side effect: increased gas formation, which will continue for 5-6 hours after taking the tablets inside.

Tip: it is recommended to use one tablet per kilogram of body weight, but if you need to "sober up" for the breathalyzer as soon as possible, you can use two. However, resorting to this emergency method more than once a year is not recommended.

Short-term methods

The most effective method of fully deceiving a breathalyzer is to conduct a preliminary procedure for checking the alcohol content of ventilation of the lungs by performing several quick but deep cycles of inspiration and expiration of air.Thus, it is possible to achieve a decrease in indicators by almost half, which means that this will work if the blood alcohol content is 0.32-0.38 ppm, that is, with slight intoxication.

Change the readings of the device will help a cup of coffee or strong tea drunk in one gulp right before the test. The action of these drinks will last for a maximum of one and a half minutes, therefore, it is necessary to figure out how to have time to drink a few hundred milliliters before the inspector.

If the muscles of the face allow, then you can deceive the breathalyzer using an intermittent breathing technique, which consists in a partial intake of air from the outside. Obviously, in this case, you will have to blow into the device anyway, so that certain motion sensors work. The main difficulty in applying this method is that it is necessary to do the described procedures under the supervision of a traffic policeman.

The ways in which it is impossible to deceive the breathalyzer

Tighter penalties for drunk driving and lowering the allowable alcohol content inevitably entail the emergence of a huge number of "miraculous" drugs, supposedly capable of eliminating alcohol without side effects in 2-3 hours. Therefore, it is important to always get acquainted with the composition of certain funds before purchasing them, as well as understand which particular elements do not contribute to the elimination of toxins from the body.

The content in the composition of mint, sweet ingredients and any herbs and deodorants does not affect the testimony of the breathalyzer in the way in which we would like, namely:

1. Alcohol inhibits the excretion of sugar from the body, so after drinking any alcohol and subsequent sweet, it is likely that disturbances in the digestive system, and in the future, the development of glypoglycemia, will occur.
2. The content of plant herbs and their elements cannot “dilute” the air in the lungs, saturated with vapors of alcohols, therefore their effect on the excretion of alcohol can be equated to zero.
3. The use of menthol deodorants only leads to an increase in indicators, since in the vast majority of cases they contain ethyl alcohol.

The calculation of all indications is done by modern breathalyzers on the basis of certain chemical reactions, therefore changing the readings of the device, simply removing the smell with the help of herbs and deodorants, will not work.

Also, the situation is only aggravated by holding your breath or closing the opening with your tongue: modern breathalyzers are able to take a sample even from a relatively small amount of air, because all those vapors of alcohol that are deposited on the inside of the tongue will get to the reading elements. If the amount of air received is still insufficient, the device signals this using a special display on the screen.

The secret of passing any breathalyzer is that:

1. Alcoholic drinks should always be taken only in quantities that are permitted by the laws of the Russian Federation.
2. It is necessary to sober up well after taking alcohol in large volumes before you get behind the wheel of a car.

Each driver must remember that on the road he must control himself at 100% in order to respond in time to every movement of nearby vehicles. Driving on the road and, especially, the motorway, the driver takes responsibility not only for people traveling in his own car, but also indirectly for all those traveling on the roadway.

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