I wonder if all cars could be made with these installed?
Dutch drivers
caught operating a car while massively over the legal alcohol limit will
be forced to fit their cars with "alcolocks" which automatically lock
the engine if the driver is over the limit.
Convicted drunk drivers found
in control of with blood alcohol levels over 1.3 mg/dl -- more than six
times the legal limit of 0.2 mg/dl -- will be ordered to install
alcolocks in their cars, the transport ministry said on Wednesday.The new rules will come into effect on December 1, in time for the Christmas and New Year holidays.The
way the alcolock works is that the driver must first breathe into it to
unlock the engine, and will have to repeat the same process at regular
intervals during the journey.
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Not a maasive case of big brother though Redman, a quick blow job before you drive wouldnt harm anyone or intrude on your privacy in any way.
One too many beers and I cant get in ; (
gets coat
Quite proud of myself really considering I've never driven a bus before.
Don't you just have a sober passenger who does the breath test for you?
About 400 of the 3000 or so deaths in the UK are caused by drunk drivers. So you are much more likely to be killed by a sober driver anyway.
Also according to ROSPA, more people die from accidents in the home (around 4000) every year.
Around 1mn - yes 1mn - children are reported as having suffered an injury in the home in the UK each year. So, are we sure our focus is in the right place?. It would be interesting to know how many of the parents of those 1mn children injured in the home have those moronic "Child On Board" signs obscuring their car's rear window.
Of the 15mn or so attendancies at A&E each year - yes another gob smacking statistic - around 1.6% are as a result of road accidents and around 2% are sports injuries. Rather than demonise drivers - perhaps we should ban sport?
Are you seriously belittling something as avoidable as these deaths and injuries?
I imagine no one close to you has suffered from drunk driving.
The sober drivers who kill are also being targetted - speed cameras - though obviously revenue earners - are installed in some part to reduce death by speeding.
Mobile phone use, not wearing seat belts punishments and other approaches are also being used to reduce road deaths.
Your attitude would only target the single major cause of death. Great
This won't work, what stops the passenger who hasn't had a drink or a child who's driving home with the drunk from blowing into it?
Most kids will do as they say, and passengers will probably do it aswell so... BAD IDEA.
I imagine the number of drunk drivers with their own kids in the car who are willing to get their own child to allow them to dive them whilst drunk is miniscule.
So, that really is a red herring. And it really doesnt make it a bad idea.
Can you imagine the sentence for someone caught doing this?
Floyd, I'm not belittling anything - merely stating that this country's blinkered obsession with punishing drivers is getting out of hand. Take, for example the proposed new punishment for causing death by dangerous driving. In isolation it's difficult to argue against isn't it? But how different is that offence from causing the deaths of your kids by not having smoke and carbon monoxide alarms working and fitted in your home? Shouldn't that be an offence punishable by jail time? Where do you draw the line?
Oh, by the way, while my comments about sober drivers were tongue in cheek, it's fair to say that speed cameras don't help. First, this country had an exemplary record on reducing road deaths - until it got fixated on speed cameras. Those year on year improvements have now gone. Not really surprising when - according to the Govt's own figures excessive speed is a factor in only around 7% of road traffic accidents.
Of course if we were really serious about driving down unnecessary deaths we'd ban cigarettes and alcohol.