Report on random breath testing
Random breath testing could cut drinking and driving by half, according to a report prepared by the University Department of Forensic Medicine at the Royal Infirmary, Dundee. The report is based on research in Finland, which has had random testing since 1977. It debunks the popular theory that drunken driving is most prevalent late on Friday and Saturday nights, claiming that it could be most common on Saturday mornings.
The Finnish studies showed that random breath testing deterred social drinkers and detected problem drinkers, who were most likely to be driving in morning traffic when vulnerable road users such as children were likely to be about in large numbers. Although it was found in Finland that drivers used every means at their disposal to warn fellow motorists of speed checks, they did not warn each other of breath check points.
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Press, 24 September 1987, Page 40
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