Latest News from the World of Breathalyzers
AlcoSense Excel Wins EVO 2019 Product Test
Tuesday, April 30, 2019
The AlcoSense Excel has been judged best personal breathalyser 2019 in a comparative test by Evo, the monthly car magazine, featuring nine breathalysers from six different brands. AlcoSense were the ...
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Drinking and Droning: breath test call
Wednesday, February 20, 2019
The Government has announced that new legislation will come into force next month to limit the misuse of drones. Airport ‘no fly’ zones will be extended and a partnership has been forged w ...
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Drink Drive Deaths Up 45% In Two Years
Friday, February 15, 2019
The number of people killed in road accidents where the driver was over the drink drive limit has risen 45% in two years.
Provisional figures released by the Department for Transport t ...
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Don't accidentally drink drive on New Year's Day
Monday, December 31, 2018
A new survey has found that 44% would drive before 11am, despite drinking five large glasses of wine or five pints of medium-strong beer on New Year’s Eve. Over a fifth (22%) would drive before ...
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Just 40% of Motorists Would Report A Drunk Driver
Wednesday, December 19, 2018
Only four out of ten UK motorists (41%) would call the Police if they thought a car was being driven by a drunk driver, new research has found.
A quarter (25%) would ignore it completely if ...
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Public Call For Tougher Drink Drive Laws
Wednesday, December 19, 2018
Over 80% of UK motorists think there should be stiffer penalties for drink driving, with more than half strongly in favour.
When asked in a new poll what measures the Government should introd ...
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Office Christmas Party: 1/4 of motorists will drive home after drinking
Thursday, December 13, 2018
Friday (14th) will be the biggest day for work Christmas parties this year, according to a new poll.
But a quarter of motorists (24%) say they will drive home even though they’ve had a ...
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Drivers Three Times More Likely To Be Breathalysed In December
Tuesday, December 04, 2018
As the countdown to Christmas begins, drivers are being warned they are nearly three times more likely to be breathalysed in December than a normal month.
Last year Police conducted 63,648 ...
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Irish Motorists Face Automatic Three Month Ban
Thursday, November 01, 2018
Irish Motorists Face Automatic Three Month Ban
New legislation came into effect in the Republic of Ireland last week. First-time drink-driving offenders will now be automatically banne ...
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Fatal drink-drive accidents up 30%, roadside breath tests down 15%
Friday, October 26, 2018
The annual Police Powers and Procedures Report, published on 25 October, shows that just 325,887 breath tests were carried out in 2017.
This is a fall of 15% over the previous year and ...
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