Drink Driving Monitor Policy update from ETSC

Policy update from ETSC

Austria launches alcohol interlock rehabilitation programme Austria has launched a voluntary rehabilitation programme for drink driving offenders using alcohol interlocks following successful trials run in 2012 and 2013. Read more... Irish parliament debates automatic disqualification for drink drivers ETSC has joined calls for a tougher law on drink driving in Ireland. The Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017 is currently working its way through the Irish legislative process but has faced opposition from pub owners and members of parliament representing rural areas. Read more... Swedish government backs research project to develop next generation interlocks A new project launched by the Swedish Transport Administration and the police is investigating future technological solutions to prevent drink driving. Read more... Majority support lower BAC limits in England and Wales, 50 years after first UK blood alcohol limits 50 years after the UK first introduced breath testing and blood alcohol limits, a motorists' organisation has backed calls to reduce the legal blood-alcohol limit for drivers in England and Wales for the first time. Read more.... Billionaire’s EUR 25,000 drink driving fine puts means-tested penalties in the spotlight A Norwegian billionaire that recorded a BAC level three times higher than the legal limit has been banned from driving and handed a 250,000 krone fine (EUR 25,000). But the fine could have been much higher as, under Norwegian law, fines are linked to monthly income and in some cases overall wealth. Read more.... Finland: overwhelming majority support in-car technology to prevent drink driving A survey carried out for ETSC’s Finnish member Liikenneturva has found that nine out of ten Finns have a positive view of in-car technology that can prevent drink driving such as alcohol interlocks. Read more.... Belgium: survey says three quarters of drug drivers mix with alcohol Three quarters of people that admitted to driving after taking drugs, usually cannabis, in a poll said they had also mixed the drug taking with alcohol, according to AWSR, an ETSC member in Belgium. Read more.... Remembering Marita It was with great sadness that we learnt in October of the passing of Marita Löytty, a dear friend and colleague of ETSC and a leading European expert in the field of drink driving rehabilitation programmes. Read more....