DEVICE SHEDS LIGHT ON DRIVER ALCOHOL INTAKE.Byline: Greg GREG Great Egg Harbor National Scenic and Recreational River (US National Park Service) Botonis Staff Writer LANCASTER - Lancaster sheriff's station officials unveiled their newest weapon in combating drunk driving: flashlights that can sense alcohol on motorists' breath. Because the tester can detect alcohol from a foot away, most motorists won't know they are being checked when a deputy shines his flashlight to check a driver's licenses Noun 1. driver's license - a license authorizing the bearer to drive a motor vehicle driver's licence, driving licence, driving license license, permit, licence - a legal document giving official permission to do something or registration, officials said. ``It's the next step above the officer's own sense of smell,'' Capt. Tom Pigott, commander of the Lancaster sheriff's station. Called the Passive Alcohol Sensor III, the flashlight contains a tiny pump to pull in a motorist's exhaled breath and a sensor that analyzes the alcohol content in the air. Red, yellow and green lights on the side flash to indicate estimated blood alcohol levels of 0.02 to 0.12. The legal limit is 0.08. ``It's completely noninvasive non·in·va·sive adj. 1. Not penetrating the body, as by incision. Used especially of a diagnostic procedure. 2. Not invading healthy tissue. ,'' Pigott said. ``The deputies won't be doing anything they wouldn't normally do.'' Two of the devices were purchased for the station by the city of Lancaster The City of Lancaster (2002 population: 133,914) is a local government district with city status in Lancashire, England. Its main town is Lancaster, from which it obtained its city status. Other towns in the district include Morecambe, Heysham, Slyne, and Carnforth. at a cost of about $750 each, plus three new Breathalyzer breathalyzer Public health A device used to detect alcohol on a suspected drunk driver's breath; see DWI kits for patrol cars. The flashlights do not take the place of existing alcohol tests, but aid a deputy in determining if a motorist had been drinking, officials said. Deputies must still perform field sobriety tests and using the Breathalyzer or blood alcohol tests. The devices were shown during the annual Sheriff's Department's holiday safety tips announcement. Officials suggested residents take a number of steps to protect against crime in coming weeks: --When residents are vacationing, they should have neighbors or friends pick up their mail and papers and hook house lights on a timer timer, n radiographic timing device that functions as an automatic exposure timer and a switch to control the current to the high-tension transformer and filament transformer. The face of the timer is calibrated in seconds and fractions of seconds. . --When out for an evening, leave lights on so the house doesn't look vacant. Don't place presents under a tree that is visible from outside the home, and make sure all doors and windows Doors and Windows is a multimedia disk by the Irish band The Cranberries. Track listing
--When shopping, don't carry large sums of money. Instead use credit cards and checks. Keeps wallets in front pockets or inside jacket pockets and keep purses close. --When parking in large shopping centers shopping center, a concentration of retail, service, and entertainment enterprises designed to serve the surrounding region. The modern shopping center differs from its antecedents—bazaars and marketplaces—in that the shops are usually amalgamated into , stay in well-lighted areas and keep children close. Officials also asked that residents not celebrate New Year's by by firing guns. It is illegal, and bullets fired into the air can strike people on the ground. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) Sheriff's Deputy Dennis Campbell handles a device in a flashlight that measures the alcohol on a driver's breath. Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer |
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