Mechanix Illustrated
Issue: May, 1947
Posted in: Crime and Police
Posted: 12/29/2007
3 Comments

Intoximeter (May, 1947)

Intoximeter tests drivers for drunkenness. Below, Trooper Sam Maclntire of the East Lansing, Mich., post gives the test to a fellow officer who simulates a drunken driver.

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3 comments
  1. Rick Auricchio says: December 29, 200710:42 am

    Well, this invention stuck around.

  2. JeffK says: December 29, 20071:52 pm

    Hey, I was stopped in East Lansing circa 1986. One big difference – I tried to simulate a SOBER driver.

    Didn’t work. The jail was surprisingly clean and quiet.

  3. Bill Jenkins says: December 30, 20073:32 am

    is that a fish

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