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Stephen Biss
Sep 26, 20222 min read
What is Purge Fail on an Intoxilyzer ?
What is a Purge Fail on an Intoxilyzer 8000C ? What is a Purge File on an Intoxilyzer 5000C ? How does this phenomenon affect reliability...
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Stephen Biss
Sep 16, 20222 min read
Appendix E: Location & Anecdotal Notes in Log
Tip 30: The CFS 8000C Training Aid of 2013 at page 191 of 238, Appendix "E" recommends that the Alcohol Standard Log, updated by the...
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Stephen Biss
Sep 13, 20221 min read
What is an Ambient Fail on an Intoxilyzer 8000C?
What does "ambient fail" or "ambient failed" mean on an Intoxilyzer 8000C? Watch the following video and ask yourself why the ambient...
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Stephen Biss
Sep 12, 20222 min read
What is an air blank on an Intoxilyzer 8000C?
What does an air blank look like on an Intoxilyzer 8000 or 8000C? What is a blank test? What is a system blank test? What does 000 mean...
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Stephen Biss
Sep 9, 20221 min read
Anecdotal Notes in Alcohol Standard Log
Tip 29: Obtain disclosure, of the full #duisimulator alcohol standard log, to search for anecdotal notes of difficulties experienced by...
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Stephen Biss
Sep 7, 20223 min read
Ambient Fail Threshold 5, 10, 19, 20 ?
We know that the ambient fail threshold (the mg% point at which the exception error is flagged) on both the Intoxilyzer 5000/5000C and...
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Stephen Biss
Sep 4, 20223 min read
Reliability: 64 in 2011 Ambient Threshold Changes, Elevated Zero, Purge Fail
This is the same Intoxilyzer® 64 with upgraded keyboard and (software) serial number depicted in the blog "Ambient Conditions Change...
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Stephen Biss
Sep 2, 20222 min read
Reliability: Cal Checks in the Context of Earlier & Later Ambient Fails
Tip 47: A calibration check using a wet-bath simulator containing alcohol standard is not reliable if information is missing about air...
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Stephen Biss
Sep 2, 20222 min read
Ambient Conditions Change Baseline 0 on an IR Breath instrument - Disappearing Alcohol
Experiment studying the phenomenon of disappearing alcohol It is easy to replicate this experiment on an Intoxilyzer® 5000. It is more...
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Stephen Biss
Sep 1, 20223 min read
Approved Instruments Order
Excerpt from Canada Regulations Approved Breath Analysis Instruments Order SI/85-201CRIMINAL CODE Registration 1985-11-27 Order Approving...
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Stephen Biss
Aug 31, 20222 min read
Reliability: Disabling Ambient Fail Exception, Making Alcohol Disappear
Tip 45: Study the breath room video and learn everything you can about the breath room and detachment. Watch for: Has the qualified...
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Stephen Biss
Aug 28, 20225 min read
Reliability: Air Blanks "System Blank Test"
Tip 43: A properly functioning approved instrument air blank system (including the instrument itself, the ambient environment around the...
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Stephen Biss
Aug 18, 20222 min read
Ambient Interferents Compromise Reliability of Control Tests
Tip 48: The reliability of control tests using the alcohol standard in a wet-bath #duisimulator may be compromised by the presence in the...
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Stephen Biss
Aug 12, 20223 min read
Reliability: .02 Agreement
Tip 49: It is very possible to have 02 agreement (20 mg/100mls agreement) of results, yet the results are not accurate or not reliable....
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Stephen Biss
Aug 9, 20225 min read
Index to Tips for Discussion by Defence Lawyers
Tips for Defence Lawyers and Attorneys in Challenging the Reliability of Approved Instruments, Alcohol Standards, and Accessory Equipment...
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Stephen Biss
Aug 2, 20229 min read
Reliability of Approved Instruments in Field Over Time is a Hypothesis: Where is Empirical Study?
Purposes: To obtain the following admissions from the Crown's expert: Calibration of an approved instrument out in the field does not...
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Stephen Biss
Jul 29, 20222 min read
COBRA of Low Cal Check Sequences
Tip 22: Study #duisimulator COBRA for clusters of low climbing cal checks at 3400. It's a lot of work, but if you obtain complete COBRA...
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Stephen Biss
Jul 27, 20221 min read
COBRA May Reveal RS232 Interface
Tip 23: If you obtain COBRA by Crown co-operation, Stinchcombe, O'Connor, or FOI, #duisimulator temperatures such as 33.95 or 33.99 will...
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Stephen Biss
Jul 15, 20222 min read
Continuity: Outgoing = Incoming Seal Numbers
Tip 39: The key to usefulness of alphanumeric seals on a #duisimulator is whether or not the incoming seal number on the subsequent...
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Stephen Biss
Jul 8, 20225 min read
Error in Expert Agreed Fact - Evidence Before the Court in R. v. Fitts [2015] O.J. No. 2431
In his decision May 13, 2015, Justice Paciocco stated: 95 I will begin with the simulator evidence, for if the simulator was not...
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