Flashlight detect Alcohol: A gimmick or good invention?

In most people's mind, Flashlight mainly serves as a remote lighting or emergency kit.Their main uses are lighting for searching like pocket flashlight,outdoor activities (3000 lumen led flashlight),tactical( Best tactical flashlight) or for specialty user like LED Pen light for doctors.

However, currently, an Alcohol detector flashlight has been equipped with Penn State police in their war against drunk driving.Many officers hailed it as an effective way of detecting drunken.

Generally, this pocket flashlight  is nothing special except that it has a passive alcohol sensor.This sensor increases the capability of alcohol detection by nearly 50%. Drunk  drivers are easily identified and officers have more time for further actions.

nlike other alcohol tools,this high power flashlight does not need you to blow a tube.It can detect alcohol from your breath 5-10 inches away from your mouth.It works by quietly drawing in the driver’s exhaled breath through an in-take port. The air is pumped through a fuel cell, which generates a charge in response to alcohol vapor. If alcohol is detected, a color-coded meter on the side of the flashlight will light up. Depending on the level of alcohol detected, the light display will glow green, yellow, or red.The entire process takes around 15 seconds.

So next time ,Be careful when a police shines you with a pocket flashlight and talks with you. Simultaneously,you might been conducted an alcohol detection.