In-car breathalysers become compulsory in france

[st4]

i don't approve of something because it is wrong! So nobody is allowed. I think this is intolerant, simplistic and judgemental. When sober drivers kill five times as many people it seems daft to me to target people that have had a pint with their mates in the pub and are driving home in a safe manner.

For every problem there is a simple solution and it is always wrong. Tired drivers kill a lot of people. Perhaps we should have a clocking in system next to our beds to make sure everybody in charge of a car has had enough sleep? Idiotic authoritarian rules make a world that not many of us would want to live in. Thanks.

Freedom to live your life in a quietly responsible manner is at risk when we prescribe every action..

Edit ---i have just read this back - i seem to have a bee in my bonnet about liberty today - sorry for going a bit barmy... Editing it back to a more relaxed and less personal position.

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[MercFanUk]

So French or foreign driver gets in his car, uses one of his kits, fails it, throws it out the window, then drives off, OR, French or foreign driver gets in his car, doesn't use one of his kits, then drives off.

So in the end, French or foreign driver gets in his car, might still crash, no problem solved.

Or, French or foreign driver gets in his car, uses his one and only kit, passes it, throws it out the window, then drives off, get's pulled, and then fined for not having a kit. And for littering.

Biggest waste of time ever.

 

[tode]

Judging by the reaction over here, most French people can't see the practical benefit of the law.

But some Civil Servant thought it would be a Good Idea

And they do so love cooking up new laws.

 

[st13phil]

I bought an AlcoSense breathaliser about a month ago, and I've yet to blow positive on the morning after, even after an extra few drinks at the weekend.

I bought one from MB Brooklands about 18 months ago and do find it useful for checking residual alcohol level "the morning after". If you haven't managed to blow positive on your morning test yet then all I can say is that you're not trying hard enough

 

[Dieselman]

If you haven't managed to blow positive on your morning test yet then all I can say is that you're not trying hard enough

Are you talking about the day after or the one after that...

 

[wemorgan]

My reason for giving the thumbs up to the link is that I'm tired of hearing anecdotal tails of people saying "beer doesn't affect me like others - I can have 3 pints and still be safe to drive" Substitute what ever number the person feels confident saying. Now there are no more excuses. Test yourself and prove it.

There are always bigger fish to fry in road safety, but like speeding, alcohol blood levels are easily measurable. So for that reason I support this move.

 

[st13phil]

Are you talking about the day after or the one after that...

Day after is easy-peasy, the day after that would take herculean efforts - and probably an ambulance

 

[MD5]

We formed a group called Alocholics Unanimous some years ago. When not sure if you want to go for a drink or not, there is a phone number to call, with a mate at the other end to talk you into it. We all believe that, like cyclists, drink drivers should have their own special lane that is only usable between certain unsocial hours, and each vehicle on it should display a pink flashing light on the roof, and not exceed 15mph, no exceptions. Anyone out at that time of day will know to avoid any lanes where they see slow cars with pink flashing lights.

Carslberg don't make drink driving laws, but if they did...and whilst I'm joking, we have discussed these ideas before!