Intoxilyzer 8000 images
As a Fort Lauderdale DUI Attorney I have the opportunity to display recent images I took of the Intoxilyzer 8000 featured at the Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers "Blood, Breath & Tears," seminar in Orlando last month. It is interesting to note that CMI, the manufacturer of the Intoxilyzer, has made it nearly impossible for DUI defense lawyers, such as myself, to purchase this device. In fact, CMI has continually made enormous efforts to keep its machine as secret as possible. It was only after many years in use in Florida that CMI allowed some DUI defense attorneys to purchase the previous incarnation of the Intoxilyzer, known as the "5000."
This company does not hide the fact that it is engaged in legal warfare with the criminal defense bar throughout the country. They are extemely proud of the fact that they can keep their machine and how it works a secret from those who suffer the most from its effects. To me, it is no suprise that they resort to such extremes. I can safely say that it is not very well designed and is prone to bugs and glitches. Particularly disturbing is the little money the company has consistently spent on some of the Intoxilyzers' most important components. I personally showed in 2005, in a Courtroom full of lawyers and judges, that the shabby and cheaply manufactured infrared lens used in this machine consistently misidentified common volatile organic compounds as alcohol. That meant that the machine could not tell the difference between alcohol molecules and other volative organic molcules found in human beings.
