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...
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