| The state of Minnesota and the State of Wisconsin | | | | Court whereas, the results of the Intoxilyzer 5000 may |
| currently require a person suspected of a DUI/DUI to | | | | be critical to a prosecutor's case. |
| submit to a blood, breath or urine test to determine the | | | | The manufacturer of the "Intoxilyzer" is CMI, a |
| blood alcohol content of the subject. A refusal to | | | | Kentucky corporation. Though the Intoxilyzer has the |
| submit to such a test may have more serious | | | | potential to be accurate, it is not infallible. Breath testing |
| ramifications than a test result with a BAC over the | | | | in general is based upon the principle that there is a |
| legal limit. | | | | direct relationship between the amount of alcohol in a |
| The Intoxilyzer 5000 is the current breath-testing | | | | person's deep lung air to amount of alcohol in the |
| machine that is used. This is the machine that is used | | | | person's blood in the aveolar tissue of the lungs. Breath |
| when a DWI/DUI suspect is taken to the police station | | | | testing equipment is calibrated based upon the |
| and should not be confused with the preliminary breath | | | | assumption that the ratio of alcohol in the air to the |
| test (PBT) that may be used at the scene of a DWI | | | | alcohol in the blood is 1 to 2100. |
| DUI stop. The PBT is not admissible as evidence in | | | | |