New Breathalyzer under review

It is called the alcolock, and should stop drunk drivers starting their car engines. This is currently under review, and is thought to be a popular new device to prevent drink driving. Just before you turn the ignition key you will be warned by a beeper sound, which should remind you to blow into a tube. You are them forced to obey, and if your alcohol limit is too high a red light will flash on the dashboard and immobilise the car. This device looks very high-tech, and fits into the car radio slot. From there you have a small mouthpiece, which the driver must blow into. A black box recorder will register every time the driver tries to start the car and the alcolock prevent him. The only way too get around this would be to ask a sober friend to drive, or just wait until you have sobered up. Alcolocks has not proven to be completely foolproof. In was found in a test conducted in Holland that a sober researcher had to blow into the lock 75 times before he could get the car started. The researchers concluded that the alcolocks were “not to be recommended for asthmatics”.

Date - 30/04/2005