How to beat A Breathalyzer Test Mythbusters
Mythbusters: Sobering up techniques, part 1
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Adam and Jamie have already drunk
themselves sideways for science but
there's no time to sleep it off in fact
that's exactly the point of our next
myth well I've been thinking it along
the lines of drinking myths I have
always wanted to do so bring up
techniques specifically cuz I've always
wanted to see a high-speed shot of
somebody getting smacked in the face
well as long as that somebody is you I'm
okay with it almost it's the invention
of alcohol people have been drinking too
much and then fighting for one reason or
another that they needed to get sober
quickly they have tried a myriad of
techniques techniques like drinking a
big cup of black coffee vigorous
exercise it's also supposed to work
dunking your face in some iced water
that's also supposed to work also your
friends might be inclined down
smack you in the face to sober you up of
course it all begins at the bar I know
though we're gonna test every one of
these we got to get drunk first Buster
set me up so the boys fall back off the
wagon stay in town for a long time are
you here for the convention
shop leave me alone there's those people
skills hard at work and that's just the
first shot of five realizing that things
might turn ugly
the producers got Adam to pre-record the
plan because this whole story hinges on
whether or not we are more or less sober
the researchers have found us the
perfect test to determine that this is
hand-eye coordination test that's very
similar to one develop for astronauts it
simply involves staying at arm's length
from a screen with weights on your arm
and tracing this gray line we are scored
on both accuracy how many times our line
leaves the gray line and for how long
and speed how long it takes to make the
whole journey we've got a number of
these they're all different but they're
all the same length and involve the same
number of turns Jamie and I will each
take one of these tests before trying a
sobering-up technique and take another
one after take trying the sobering-up
technique and we will each act as each
other's controls swapping out between
techniques this trophy
that's the Rabia
they'll need to stay consistently drunk
to validate the Cure's this is like
taking medicine or screaming it's not it
takes all the fun out of it I know what
you mean brother Adam and Jamie are all
set to test for mythical ways to sober
up fast uh-oh so far all they've done is
drink themselves stupid
well stupider while Adam stays
pleasantly pickled Jamie tries the first
detoxifier that is black coffee what are
you doing I'm the control see I don't
think you're very much under control I'm
not under control
I am the control you drink that whole
cup of coffee we wait five minutes and
then we test you cognitively and
breathalyzer Li again to see if there's
any stark improvement and then I do the
same to test to see if this difference
in the improvement whenever you're ready
your rapidly improving I don't know what
to make of that I don't feel like
crunching any data while I'm drunk okay
and it's all about the data
Oh Adam who also blew 0.07 completes his
non-coffee control test 32 so it's back
to the bar
Adam treats himself to a few cups of joe
so he and Jamie are back on a kind of
even keel there's mud in your eye
oh this is vile now for a much-needed
spurt of spirits on the assumption that
the average adult male of our size
processes metabolizes as you might say
one drink per hour we are having a
maintenance drink right now it's about
now we normally warn you about excessive
drinking but those two miserable mugs
tell the story that's plus technique
number two for sobering up is vigorous
exercise at Adams the guinea pig it's
all a numbers game and here's a few more
to consider Adam has to run this
treadmill for five minutes at six and a
half miles per hour scary
his blood alcohol is 0.09 Wow
I've got to concentrate on this Adam
Tunga green-screen for inspiration but
then realizes it won't work because you
can't see it some decisions really are
best made sober one minute oh my god I'm
gonna die
look we picked a treadmill because it's
compact it makes it easy for us to film
this thing but now that I'm looking at
it I remember that it takes a fair
amount of coordination just to stay on
the dam and Adams drunk what can I say
even soused the mans up prophet whoa Wow
okay I'm totally cool
now here's two advantages to being drunk
as a skunk one he won't feel the pain
till tomorrow
and two Adams judgment is so impaired he
gets back on the darn thing break any
bones ten seconds hey did my watch six
five three do one you're done the good
news for Adams mom is that he's still
breathing heavily he's a lot of
competition but that might be the worst
thing I've ever had to do on the show
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