Alcohol breath tests are often unreliable

Re:Alcohol breath tests are often unreliable by bonoboTP on Sunday November 03, 2019 @05:53PM (#21437310)

> until you stop and think about what the other option is.

You mean the system used in most of Europe? Seems to be working fine. Arguably even better than the US system.

Basically decisions by judges, none-to-little plea bargaining, none-to-little bail. You do have the right to appeal to several levels of court.

Not having a jury also makes court much less of a drama theater than in the US. Everyone is presenting evidence to a judge, not to random people off the street who have much less developed bullshit detectors and experience in interacting with lawyers and knowing what they are aiming to achieve with any given sentence.

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Re:Alcohol breath tests are often unreliable by RcouF1uZ4gsC on Tuesday November 05, 2019 @01:59PM (#21455456)

> You mean the system used in most of Europe?

It is still too early to make a judgement about Europe. The US has had a democracy close to 231 years. Much of Europe except for the UK, Netherlands, and Switzerland was ruled by absolute monarchs for much of this period.

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Re:Alcohol breath tests are often unreliable by ebiester on Tuesday November 05, 2019 @03:57PM (#21456595)

Alternatively, we're still stuck on the beta and they've learned from our mistakes.

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Re:Alcohol breath tests are often unreliable by walshemj on Tuesday November 05, 2019 @04:42PM (#21457024)

Ah the Inquisitorial system that came out of the French revolution no thank - you a bit to open to abuse and technocratic for my British tastes

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