{"id":712,"date":"2013-01-19T19:52:08","date_gmt":"2013-01-19T18:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/injury-prevention\/?p=712"},"modified":"2013-01-19T20:26:54","modified_gmt":"2013-01-19T19:26:54","slug":"recent-french-intervention-to-increase-drunk-drivers-self-accountability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/injury-prevention\/2013\/01\/19\/recent-french-intervention-to-increase-drunk-drivers-self-accountability\/","title":{"rendered":"Recent French Intervention to Increase Drunk Drivers\u2019 Self-Accountability"},"content":{"rendered":"

France has achieved remarkable road safety results in the last decade. It almost halved its road fatalities from 2002 to 2005, and the decreasing trend has continued. Most of these reductions are attributed to rigorous speed control, particularly by automated cameras and the issuance of speed tickets. Drunk driving, however, remains a major problem as it is a contributory factor in one third of road fatalities in France, a proportion that has remained unchanged in the last decade. Recently, the French Government introduced a law that made it mandatory for every car to be equipped with one single-use breath alcohol test. The government is hoping that by using this test the French drivers will understand their impairment levels after drinking events and consequently avoid drunk driving. The law was introduced on July 1, 2012 with first sanctions intended to start by Nov 1, 2012. Due to an inadequate supply of the breath alcohol tests, the date of sanctioning has been postponed until March 1, 2013. Though it is too early to tell what the real impact of this measure is, this intervention is already appealing to road safety advocacy groups outside France.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Introduction of French law:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.lefigaro.fr\/actualite-france\/2012\/03\/02\/01016-20120302ARTFIG00538-ethylotest-obligatoire-le-mode-d-emploi.php<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0Postponement of sanctioning date:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/news.autoplus.fr\/news\/1459830\/Alcotest-Ethylotest-Infraction-Mars-2013-Amende<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0Opinion of Quebec road safety advocates:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/fr.canoe.ca\/infos\/quebeccanada\/archives\/2012\/12\/20121229-224613.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

France has achieved remarkable road safety results in the last decade. It almost halved its road fatalities from 2002 to 2005, and the decreasing trend has continued. Most of these reductions are attributed to rigorous speed control, particularly by automated cameras and the issuance of speed tickets. Drunk driving, however, remains a major problem as […]<\/p>\n

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