Mouthwash caused ignition interlock to "fail". Will this violate my probation?
Sunday morning I was in a rush to head out the door and brushed my teeth and gargled with mouthwash 5 minutes before I started my car. Usually when I use mouthwash I rinse my mouth out with water but I didn't even think about it. I attempted to start my car and blew a fail. I immediately freaked out and turned my car off. I was hysterical because the first thought that went through my mind was "oh my God I just violated my probation!" I called the 1-800 number I was given for the interlock device and the guy told me to wait 30 minutes before I started my car again. I didn't try starting my car until about 4 hours later and I then successfully started my car. I am scheduled today for my monthly interlock monitoring and I am so afraid that they are going to report this failure and it will violate my probation. I am not supposed to be drinking on probation and I haven't drank but I'm afraid that they will not believe me when I tell them this was from the mouthwash. Do you think this will violate me? I have never been on probation before and I've only been on probation and have had the interlock in my car since May. I am so scared.
Sunday morning I was in a rush to head out the door and brushed my teeth and gargled with mouthwash 5 minutes before I started my car. Usually when I use mouthwash I rinse my mouth out with water but I didn't even think about it. I attempted to start my car and blew a fail. I immediately freaked out and turned my car off. I was hysterical because the first thought that went through my mind was "oh my God I just violated my probation!" I called the 1-800 number I was given for the interlock device and the guy told me to wait 30 minutes before I started my car again. I didn't try starting my car until about 4 hours later and I then successfully started my car. I am scheduled today for my monthly interlock monitoring and I am so afraid that they are going to report this failure and it will violate my probation. I am not supposed to be drinking on probation and I haven't drank but I'm afraid that they will not believe me when I tell them this was from the mouthwash. Do you think this will violate me? I have never been on probation before and I've only been on probation and have had the interlock in my car since May. I am so scared.