Re: Drink Driving
I am against drink driving but random breath testing is just another step towards a police state. At least now the police have to suspect a breach of the Road Traffic Act before they can stop a motorist and even then they can’t just breathalise you. The cop has to have reasonable suspicion that you have been consuming alcohol.
In Europe the limit is 50mg so as this government is hell bent on us being part of the EU then 50mg sounds about right to me. Not that I particularly want to be part of Europe but you have to go with the flow.
Is it known that the law has been changed to allow breath samples taken at the roadside to be used as evidence in court rather than requiring officers to take further samples back at the police station? But this power cannot be used until a suitable roadside testing device has been approved by the Home Office.
That is more worrying than random breath tests.
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