Sixty seconds on . . . tongue twisters

She sells seashells by the seashore?Yes, that’s the kind of thing. What was once the purview of nursery and elocution teachers is finding a home among bartenders and vehicle manufacturers as a means of detecting the intoxicated. It’s a similar tactic used by UK police forces who used the tongue twister “The Leith police dismisseth us” as a test of sobriety before breathalysers were introduced.Pour me another oneNo seriously. There’s even been a study on it, published in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs.1Red lorry, yellow lorry?Exactly. Don’t be surprised if, in a few years’ time, you’re asked to recite this when you try to put your key in the ignition—with an ignition lock activated if you fail. Researchers from Stanford University and the University of Toronto have found that the voice technology they developed was able to measure states of alcohol intoxication from sober states with an…
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