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The suspected drunk driver blows into a breath tube, which leads into a breath chamber cylinder. Infrared light shines through this cylinder, causing the alcohol molecules to absorb light at a particular frequency. This frequency is computed by the breathalyzer machine into a value for blood alcohol content.
