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Can you test "drunk" on hot cross buns?


A viral video showing a Nelson Mandela Bay traffic officer recording an alcohol reading in a breathalyser test after eating a hot-cross bun was used during a training programme at the local traffic college.

That's according to Metro traffic chief, Warren Prins, who said it was based on a similar video done in Australia.

In the video, a traffic officer is tested using a normal screener which records a zero reading, but then after taking a few bites from a hot cross bun, the screener records a reading of 0.21, after taking the reading from the mouth and not the lungs.


He says the law is clear on what procedures must be followed if a motorist is stopped on the road and given a breathalyser test.

Prins says in normal circumstances when tests are conducted for alcohol on the side of the road, the offender will be tested with a normal screener according to the procedure. If that reader responds a blood test will then be taken.

Prins says what was not circulated was a video of a second test done on the same traffic officer a few minutes later which showed a zero reading as expected.

He says if you just swirl some alcohol in your mouth or even medicine that contains alcohol and an immediate test is done, you will see a spike in the reading.

Prins says another reading will then be taken due to the fact that a reading, at the end of the day, is taken from your lungs.