I've written for the Morning Advertiser about the drink-drive limit after receiving a press release from a company called AlcoSense. You'll never guess what they sell...
I received a press release the other day from an organisation called AlcoSense applauding the government for proposing a lower drink-drive limit. Labour will soon be consulting on whether to cut the limit from 80mg of alcohol per 100ml of blood to 50mg, bringing it in line with Scotland and the EU. AlcoSense says that this is “a welcome and overdue move”, although they would ideally like it to drop to the zero-tolerance level of just 20mg.
I had never heard of AlcoSense before. My first thought was that it must yet another neo-temperance lobby group funded by the government. In fact, it is a company that makes breathalysers. Its managing director, Hunter Abbott, says that “only” 37% of drivers are breathalysed after a collision. He thinks the figure should be 100%. He also thinks there should be more random breath testing. It is not hard to see why.
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