Alcohol interlocks: gizmos that reduce national griefEDITORIAL: The rest of us should be able to breathe easier on the roads when repeat drink drivers are required to blow into alcohol-testing interlocks to get their cars to start. That shouldn't mean that alcohol interlocks cease to be an option in those cases. The Automobile Association certainly thinks so, holding alcohol interlocks aloft as "the best weapon there is in the fight against drink driving". READ MORE: Interlocks for worst drink-driversBut there's ample evidence of reduced carnage worldwide to support the view that the gizmos are a really useful addition to the sentencing toolbox. Just 556 interlocks were fitted during the past three years, during which they have been credited with preventing around 2200 cases of attempted drink-driving.

Source: Stuff August 10, 2016 17:01 UTC