Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 17 May 2017
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport
General Scheme of Road Traffic (Fixed Penalty - Drink Driving) Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed)
9:00 am
Ms Velma Burns:
As I referenced earlier, there is an action in our road safety strategy to look at the potential safety effects of rolling out an alcohol interlock, Alcolock, programme. Many countries in Europe have already rolled these out for those who have committed drink driving offences. The alcohol interlock is installed in the car. It is like a breathalyser. The driver blows into the device and it is not possible to start the car unless he or she is confirmed as not having alcohol in his or her system. We are doing a cost-benefit analysis of it and investigating its feasibility.
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