Seanad debates

Wednesday, 14 June 2006

Road Traffic Bill 2006: Committee Stage.

 

12:00 pm

Photo of Paddy BurkePaddy Burke (Fine Gael)

That is precisely the point. Booze buses are made available in Australia to deter people who have been drinking from driving. They act as a deterrent. The Australian authorities are quite happy if such people do not drive. They do not try to trap people with random breath tests after they get into their cars. They go out of their way to advertise that testing will take place so that the public begins to see it as a deterrent. In such circumstances, people choose to take taxis rather than to drive home. The aim is to deter people from drink driving rather than to trap them.

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