Transport minster Leo Varadkar has been urged to fit booze locks to public vehicles, which means you could be walking if there’s even a whiff of booze on the driver.
It’s a move that makes sense, which is a bit of a rarity in this day and age, but fitting booze-locks to public vehicles can only make Irish roads a safer place. Basically, these breathalyser devices are connected to the vehicle and they cut all power to the engine if the driver has any traces of booze on their breath.
Paddy Matthews, managing director of Matthews Coach Hire, told the Irish Daily Mirror, “We want him [Varadkar] to be pro-active and make them mandatory in all public service vehicles here.
“We want them fitted before something bad happens. The public in Ireland should have the safest mode of transport.”
How would you feel if you if you got onto a Dublin Bus knowing the driver was over the limit, even it it’s from the night before? You’d probably feel like walking. We probably won’t see them on public transport anytime soon, but the booze-locks could be closer than you think.
Last month Varadkar said that the Government is “considering the possibility of using alcohol interlock and Intelligent Speed Assistance systems on repeat offenders”.
Well, that’s one good place to start.
