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January 1972

Balloons Deflated?

The Drunk Driver

Balloons Deflated?


FARGO, N. DAK.--Investigators have concluded the "balloon test" for drunk drivers, used widely by police departments throughout the nation, is inaccurate and unreliable, [This conclusion was] reached by researchers from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety of Washington, D.C., and the North Dakota State University Toxicology Laboratory, after extensive experiments. . . .

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