A video of police officers getting a positive reading from breathalyser test after eating a hot cross bun has gone viral.JOHANNESBURG - South Africans expressed concern on social media after a video went viral of two traffic officers claiming that eating hot cross buns would result in a positive reading from a breathalyser test.
In the video one officer is seen eating hot cross buns from retail giant Checkers before taking a breathalyser, which then registers 0.21.Several social media users were left wondering if consuming the buns during the Easter weekend would get them into trouble with law enforcement authorities. JMPD spokesperson Wayne Minnaar said motorists should not be alarmed, adding that law enforcement authorities are required to repeat any tests which have a positive reading after 20 minutes.on Wednesday assuring customers that their buns are alcohol-free.
"The false-positive reading in the video is most probably due to the yeast and fruit which may cause inaccurate breathalyser readings as was first reported in Australia in January 2019."Checkers
Pointless stressing about this! The justice system against drinking and driving is way too lenient. The number of fatalities just keep escalating every year.
That's a hot fine
Those devices must be scrapped now. Innocent people are gonna be charged for having good buns.
Brainless article
NisaHope 🤣
What's in those buns 😂😂
Kak
Don't like them anyways so I'll be totally safe
on my way to buy 6 HotCrossBuns 😂😂😂
When the police inject alcohol into the hot cross buns 😏😂
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This will give us problems kkkkkkkk
Vanilla tends to give you false positives...
Storm in a tea cup
Kkkk
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