As 2022 begins and we all return from hopefully a safe and enjoyable break for those that had one, this first of the year Thursday Throwback came across our desk.

Not of course that this is even relevant to personal circumstances, it does however reflect on the importance of testing and the legal ramifications of non-compliance.

In this case defendants used testing to identify possible inaccuracies of Breatherizer devices to throw out cases of Driving Under the Influence (DUI). As a result of the inconsistencies the equipment vendor had a resultant exposure of US$7 million, let alone reputational damage.

At Enex TestLab we assist both the private sector and government agencies avoid such consequences. Just one example is Enex Traffic Systems, which provides independent testing and verification services of fixed, mobile and handheld speed measurement devices.