When a driver is suspected of “drunk driving” (DUI), and the police wish to employ the Intoxilyzer 8000 or to use the results of an Intoxilyzer 8000 test, certain protocols must be followed. One of the requirements for the Intoxilyzer 8000 test results to be admissible as evidence is a twenty-minute observation period being employed prior to the test being administered. This is a requirement under the Mississippi Department of Public Safety guidelines. This observation period is required in order to determine that the driver has not ingested anything prior to the collection of the breath sample.
