LOCKING OUT - THE DRINK DRIVER - Using alcohol interlocks to reduce drink driving in the UK.

The DfT provided the funding to enable the project and DfT staff were kept informed of the findings. [...] The report does not necessarily reflect the views of the advisory panel or others who contributed to the research. [...] 2 Foreword The authors of this report begin by reminding us that in GB deaths attributed to drink driving over the legal limit amount to 13% of all road deaths – enough to lead the DfT in its Road Safety Statement 2019 to announce funding for the work that has led to the recent wide- ranging PACTS report Drink Driving – taking stock, moving forward. [...] Rehabilitation courses and the High Risk Offender Scheme do help some convicted offenders to resume driving after their penalties with increased compunctions about drinking alcohol and then driving, but the wider PACTS report casts light on a system of enforcement which does too little to address the burden placed upon society and the offenders themselves of returning to remaining lifetimes of ris. [...] The effectiveness of adopting them, in whatever form, will depend on both the skill of the legislators and the subsequent judgement of the judiciary.