Test blood alcohol before driving
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The problem: Halloween is here and holiday parties are just around the corner. Sometimes it's hard to know when you've had a bit too much wicked brew or spiked egg nog.
The solution: Here's a little something you could buy yourself for the holiday party season -- the Alco-Hawk Slim. This handy- dandy device is a portable breath alcohol screener, telling you instantly whether you're too drunk to get behind the wheel. Simply blow into the tube for a few seconds and a digital readout displays your blood alcohol content. (The legal limit in Colorado is .08.) Alternate uses: The product packaging denies the obvious -- that the Alco-Hawk is meant for drivers. The stated purpose for the device is to give parents or prom chaperones a way to detect whether their kids are drunk or just goofy.
Other stuff: About the size of a cell phone, the AlcoHawk can be carried discreetly. And the technology has been cleared by the Food and Drug Administration as well as the Department of Transportation, according to the manufacturer.
The AlcoHawk Slim costs $79.95 and comes with a one-year warranty and five mouthpiece covers. It's available through Herrington Catalog, Breathalyzer.net and Q3ATS.com. For more information, visit www.q3i.com.
CONTACT THE WRITER: Written by Bill Reed. To comment on "Gotta Have It," contact Barbara Cotter: barb.cotter@gazette.com or 636- 0194.
The problem: Halloween is here and holiday parties are just around the corner. Sometimes it's hard to know when you've had a bit too much wicked brew or spiked egg nog.
The solution: Here's a little something you could buy yourself for the holiday party season -- the Alco-Hawk Slim. This handy- dandy device is a portable breath alcohol screener, telling you instantly whether you're too drunk to get behind the wheel. Simply blow into the tube for a few seconds and a digital readout displays your blood alcohol content. (The legal limit in Colorado is .08.) Alternate uses: The product packaging denies the obvious -- that the Alco-Hawk is meant for drivers. The stated purpose for the device is to give parents or prom chaperones a way to detect whether their kids are drunk or just goofy.
Other stuff: About the size of a cell phone, the AlcoHawk can be carried discreetly. And the technology has been cleared by the Food and Drug Administration as well as the Department of Transportation, according to the manufacturer.
The AlcoHawk Slim costs $79.95 and comes with a one-year warranty and five mouthpiece covers. It's available through Herrington Catalog, Breathalyzer.net and Q3ATS.com. For more information, visit www.q3i.com.
CONTACT THE WRITER: Written by Bill Reed. To comment on "Gotta Have It," contact Barbara Cotter: barb.cotter@gazette.com or 636- 0194.