Blow-and-go breathalyser
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• Transport Minister Lord Whitty is considering the introduction of a "blow-and-go" breathalyser for convicted drink-drivers.
The £250 B-test is wired to the truck or car ignition—drivers must blow into a tube attached to dashboard monitor and it stops the engine ft breath alcohol levels are over a predetermined level.
But a product pitch to the Department of Transport by Canadian firm Guardian Interlock revealed legal pitfalls. if you get into a truck with your keys you can be prosecuted for being drunk in charge of a vehicle," a DoT spokesman warns.
"We would need a change in the law for the new device [to be practical] because you blow into a tube having turned on your ignition. The change would have to allow you to be in the vehicle with your keys."