Nothing like drinking on the job... to prove a point!... Our CBS 21 News cameras recently spent the morning with our sister radio station 99.3 Kiss FM's "Morning Mess"...
As usual, Mike and Emily used their creativity to grab the attention of their young listeners. But on this particular morning, they were using the airwaves to make a very adult point...
Take note of the six-packs of beer on the left side of the picture... and the blue bottle of vodka, and cranberry juice.
In light of recent reports of so-called Pop Celebs like Lindsey Lohan and Paris Hilton getting busted for DUI, the Morning Mess decided to put their own sobriety to the ultimate test.
Under the supervision of Penbrook Police Officer Daniel Baldwin, Mike and Emily will spend the morning drinking their alcoholic beverages, and submitting to breathalizer tests.
CHEERS!...
After his first beer, Mike's breathalizer test revealed a blood-alcohol-content of .024. That's well below Pennsylvania's legal limit of .08
Emily watches in disbelief as the breathalizer analyzes her blood alcohol content after drinking just one shot of vodka mixed with cranberry juice. After a few seconds of calculating, she showed a BAC of .037.
As the morning went on, each of Mike and Emily's subsequent breathalizer tests showed higher levels of alcohol.
For instance, after just three beers, Mike's BAC was .114, well over the legal driving limit, and enough to charge him with DUI, if he were caught behind the wheel.
Officer Baldwin also used the opportunity to show off another type of device that detects your blood-alcohol level. Commonly called a Balloon Test, these are available in stores, and even at some bars.
If a person has a question as to how impaired they are after drinking, they can blow into the red-tipped straw at the end of the bag, inflating it like a balloon.
Its a little tough to see here, but if the air inside the bag reveals a BAC above .08, the yellow bubbles inside the straw will turn green. The red line also indicates how high a person's BAC is.
Hope you learned something, and make sure to check out the 99.3 KISS-FM "Morning Mess" every Monday-Friday from 5:30am-10am.
