digg

Facebook Connect Join Digg About

Sharper Image reaches settlement on breathalyzer devices

businessweek.com — Sharper Image agreed on Friday to stop selling personal breathalyzers and pay $1.2 million in restitution as part of a settlement regarding the devices.The company incorrectly claimed the "Digital Breath Alcohol Tester" devices were accurate to .001 percent blood alcohol content, according to tests by San Diego's Consumer Protection Unit.

Who dugg this? Made popular Jul 8, 2006

Digg DudeWhat is Digg?

Digg is a place for people to discover and share content from anywhere on the web. Digg surfaces the best stuff as submitted and voted on by the community. Take the Tour to learn more.

5 Comments

show profanity settings
expand all
  • lucaq, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7According to my Sharper Image breathalizer, the arresting officer was drunk your honor!
  • nordberg, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5If you are using a breathalyzer to find out if you are able to drive...
    ....you may be an alcoholic!
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5next .. sharper image breathalyzers on woot.com 2 for $10
  • Nadcock, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I bought one of these several months back and I got stinkin drunk to test it out. I did everything I was supposed to (I checked the manual before I got drunk). It registered that my BA level was still 0.00. I returned it the next day.
  • thegcinfo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0maybe you were so drunk you couldn't read the results? heh

  • Add a Comment

    Login or register to comment!
    Or, sign-in super fast with your Facebook account ...

© Digg Inc. 2009 — Content created and posted by Digg users is dedicated to the public domain | Terms of Use Updated | Privacy Policy
DIGG, DIGG IT, DUGG, DIGG THIS, Digg graphics, logos, designs, page headers, button icons, scripts, and other service names are the trademarks of Digg Inc.