Driving: Blood Alcohol Limit Debate
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Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer
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Driving: Blood Alcohol Limit
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Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer
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
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.