UK: Police to test 'Game Boys' that detect use of drugs

hashish2020 said:
what is it now, DWTired?
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that's already illegal in New Jersey

depending on the tests the game performs, anyone who fails it should be fined imo.. i mean if your reation speed and tendancies to make errors are equivalent to those who are drunk, why should you be allowed on the road even if you are stone cold sober?
 
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Well shit. I knew this would happen sooner or later. One thing I am worried about is the fact that cannabis stays so long in your system that I would likely virtually be permenently impaired regardless if I've smoked yet that day or not.

Another is the benzodiazepine family and I wonder about some antideprresants as well.

Most of the other drugs would be more of an acute issue IMO although there are likely more that may be an issue.

Another thing is that they may have to account for age related slowing of reaction times. Not to mention that when I was in my early 20's f'ing Pacman was the latest video game, and I am incredibly inept at all that "newfangled" stuff anyway. However I look at this it looks like lights out for yours truly in the driving department. Inspite of the fact I haven't had an accident or speeding ticket in years. But hey, I have had to be woken up at stoplights by horns blaring because I nodded on H while the stupid thing was red, and knew I shouldn't have been driving.
 
on_the_rise_5 said:
i think the main thing is they can make you do this, if they suspect you of using drugs they then have the authority to make you perform a drug test, so it is merely a way for them to get people who they think are on drugs to come to the station,
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That was my exact thoughts too.

It's merely a tool for legitimizing the arrest of drivers who look like drug users. They can't take a blood test if you haven't been arrested so they develop a device that can justify an arrest :\.
 
Maybe it will not even make it to a field test. It seems this is so subjective that it will not pass the testing. On the other hand, do they supply the drugs for the 100 volunteers that are going to be used to test the device? Maybe bluelighters should all sign up. :)
 
Thats sort of retarded. Making a standard for reaction time and stuff. And umm, someone on coke or speed is gonna be way above the standard because they will be all pumped up. Even someone on hallucinogens will probably be fine playing a gameboy. Once when i was on shrooms and played a video game i was kicking everyones ass. The only thing thatll be good for is weed, alcohol, and heroin.
 
redeemer said:
That was my exact thoughts too.

It's merely a tool for legitimizing the arrest of drivers who look like drug users. They can't take a blood test if you haven't been arrested so they develop a device that can justify an arrest :\.
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A prize for the person who sees through the bullshit & hype!

Of course that's what it's for - if you look like a non-druggie citizen, don't smell of alcohol yet fail, I bet they wouldn't bother taking you in. On the other hand, look even vaguely dodgy, they'll have you fail & haul you in before you know what's happening
 
GentlemanLoser said:
So it's not really practical as a field test. To pull this off, they'd need to know what your reactions were like sober. Maybe once they've already got you for something they could get a certified tester in there to administer a test, get a base line for your reaction times, THEN administor the test. But then it would cost too much and you'd be detained for longer than need be, and the ACLU would get involved.

It's not like how your eye twitches when you're drunk or how your speech is slurred and you stink like a distillery.

I'm all for a realistic way to test being on substance. People shouldn't drive on any drug, don't care what it is. That's a good step towards at LEAST decriminalization if there were an effective and reliable field test. That and there is no "legal limit" to how high on coke/e/whatever you can be like alcohol. So they'd have to study and figure out what amount in your system constitues being "too high to drive".
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What about the people who are not presently under the influence of drugs while they are driving but fail this little game. It would come up with positives for many drugs even if u have used them several days prior. It seems like it would be a way to identify users rather then drugged drivers...any amount of any substance in your system regardless of being able to drive or not is probably illegal.
 
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