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Driving: Blood Alcohol Limit

Debate between Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer and Earl Attlee
Wednesday 12th December 2012

(11 years, 4 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer Portrait Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer
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My Lords, in France it is now compulsory by law to carry a breathalyser kit in one’s car. Is the UK considering anything like that?

Earl Attlee Portrait Earl Attlee
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My Lords, absolutely not. The difficulty with that idea is that it would enable drivers to drink more while believing that they were below the limit. Our policy is that there is no safe level of alcohol in the blood when driving. Therefore, we do not support the compulsory carrying of breathalysers by drivers.

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