Ohio O.K.'d to Buy 700 New Drunk Driving Intoxilyzer Machines

According to cleveland.com, the Ohio Controlling Board has authorized the Ohio Department of Public Safety to purchase 700 brand new Intoxilyzer 8000 breath-testing machines to check for drunk driving. These new machines will be used in Clermont County first, but drunk drivers can expect to see them being employed state-wide in Ohio by September of 2009. Although these new machines are completely digital and Internet-ready, cleveland.com reports that their use is the subect of pending lawsuits against the manufacturer in at least Minnesota, Arizona, and Florida.