When The Best You Can Get Is Zero – The BACtrack Mobile Breathalyzer Review
All drivers get into situations
when they have to say no to alcohol, or have to count how much time they’ll
need until sobering up completely when they have that last drink. But
breathalyzers could also be parents’ good friend when dealing with teenage
drinking, people who try to regulate their alcohol
consumption, and nurses or doctors, who could also easily assess whether
an incoming patient is under the influence of booze. A digitalized,
smartphone-connected, truly 21st-century breathalyzer, the BACtrack Mobile
promises to monitor blood alcohol concentration straight from your pocket – and
we decided to take a detailed look at it.
Drunk driving is fatal
Alcoholis a tricky substance. Get a drink, and the conversation starts flowing. Pour
another glass of wine, and you start becoming more confident. By the next one,
you’re on the dancefloor showing off moves from a Beyonce video. By the time,
you want to get home, however, you might lose your skill to reason clearly, and you will obviously
get rid of your ability to drive. You
might still think, you have the chance to get home safely, but you’d better not
do that.
Statistics show that humans are
not only bad at driving, they are
outright terrible at drunk driving. The
phenomenon is the cause of about 58 percent of road fatalities in South Africa. Every year, there are 25.1
car accident fatalities in the country. Of all those deaths, six out of ten are
due to alcohol consumption. But other countries are not...
Source: The Medical Futurist - Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Health Sensors & Trackers Medical Professionals Patients alcohol alcohol consumption breathalyzer device digital gadget gadgets review smartphone smartphone apps technology zero Source Type: blogs
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