FARK.com: (7190556) In addition to having a high-vi$ibility ve$t and warning triangle, French motori$t$ mu$t now have two breathalyzer kit$ in their car$ at all time$ or risk an immediate fine

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		In addition to having a high-vi$ibility ve$t and warning triangle, French motori$t$ mu$t now have two breathalyzer kit$ in their car$ at all time$ or risk an immediate fine (bbc.co.uk)		28
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serial_crusher		2012-07-01 10:23:47 AM

3 votes:

You spelled €ars wrong, subby. They probably don't have to buy all that stuff in USD.

Gig103		2012-07-01 03:18:33 AM

3 votes:

I don't think requiring it in the car will make anyone use them. Until they are pulled over and now the police can save resources by using the driver's.

It's a stupid law, probably enacted because someone who makes those devices has a friend in high places.

Meanwhile, I had to but a high vis jacket when driving in Austria but the ones they sold never would have fit a fat American like myself if I needed it.

skankboy		2012-07-01 01:17:03 PM

2 votes:

Bio-nic: Now that the government of the US can mandate that we purchase things, how long before we get this?

That's so clever and funny! My sides are hurting!!!11

Happy Hours		2012-07-01 04:24:00 AM

2 votes:

ontariolightning: If more French people die from alcohol related accidents than speeding you have a real problem. I'm not sure this will work cause a really drunk person won't consider taking their breathalyser. Might save a few people though. Is it okay if I don't take a position on this? I don't know.

people don't die from speeding or from driving drunk - they die from being an idiot or from some other idiot driving into them.

We hand out driver's licenses like prizes in cracker jack boxes. Are you breathing? OK, here's a license. They don't even suggest that you try not to kill anyone.

Greek		2012-07-01 04:07:39 PM

1 votes:

FarkerinMN: Odd, they vote in a socialist and 1 month later they start in with the nanny state crazyness. Honestly this would piss me off. I don't drink at all and so why should i buy something to prove to me that Im not drunk?

Yeah, really odd, since according to TFA, it was Sarkozy's conservative government that put all this in to place.

But yeah, it's always socialists that do this. Conservatives NEVER pass asinine laws. Nope. Not at all.

Sum Guye		2012-07-01 02:41:18 PM

1 votes:

Sudo_Make_Me_A_Sandwich: An €11 fine, thiz iz outrageous!

/imagine that in a bad French accent.

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Posh Naranek		2012-07-01 02:31:22 PM

1 votes:

Posh Naranek: Can we just make cars harder to use? More complicated controls, seatbelts that strangle you if your reflexes aren't catlike, etc.

Which will give us:
emywinchester.files.wordpress.com

Warning, catlike driving detected.

bwilson27		2012-07-01 01:44:24 PM

1 votes:

I'm 46 year-old Frenchie and I started drinking wine at age nine!!!

Norfolking Chance		2012-07-01 01:33:18 PM

1 votes:

lunkhed: The French government hopes that with breathalysers in every car, drivers who suspect they may be over the limit can test themselves and if necessary refrain from taking the wheel.

Having used the test, the driver will no longer have a breathalyser kit available in the car and will then be unable to drive.

Thats why you have either a resuable one or two disposable breathalysers. If you use one you have a spare.

The French government went on a spree of stupid traffic laws. For example bikers must now have at least 150cm^3 of reflective material on their clothes.

ideamaster		2012-07-01 01:29:43 PM

1 votes:

Bionic,

It will be here soon. However instead of breaking a tail light, they will just claim the breathalyzer is defective and write you a ticket. Or they will want to see the breathalyzer and use that as an excuse for searching your car without your permission.

LamOtter		2012-07-01 01:25:52 PM

1 votes:

Gotta drink-drive, then you wail you gotta
drink-drive, then you wail you gotta
drive-drive, then you wail away-hay!

bmihura		2012-07-01 01:22:22 PM

1 votes:

I've got a breathalyzer in my car. I bought it online and it works great; it's voluntary in my case.

violentsalvation		2012-07-01 01:21:09 PM

1 votes:

poodebunker: Me thinks the writer of the article had a few...he wrote, "drink-driving"...needs a breathalyzer kit at his desk to prevent future "drink-typing".

They actually call it drink-driving in the UK.

mikaloyd		2012-07-01 01:17:47 PM

1 votes:

Thanks Nanny State! You have saved the poor savages from themselves yet agaim!

kenoshaillini		2012-07-01 01:17:29 PM

1 votes:

Is there still room for a white flag if they have all that other stuff in there?

veale728		2012-07-01 01:17:23 PM

1 votes:

Bio-nic: Now that the government of the US can mandate that we purchase things, how long before we get this?

0/10

SithLord		2012-07-01 01:15:12 PM

1 votes:

Compulsory purchases. Surely that can't happen in America, amirite?

kmoser		2012-07-01 01:13:52 PM

1 votes:

Kind of a waste if you're a teetotaler.

Fark_Guy_Rob		2012-07-01 01:13:26 PM

1 votes:

It's good to know greed and corruption are universal

Dr.Zom		2012-07-01 01:09:23 PM

1 votes:

What a scam! Nice job, mafia!

Bio-nic		2012-07-01 01:08:18 PM

1 votes:

Now that the government of the US can mandate that we purchase things, how long before we get this?

phlegmmo		2012-07-01 01:06:45 PM

1 votes:

Subby forgot ri$k

violentsalvation		2012-07-01 11:28:39 AM

1 votes:

I predict a rise in fatal alcohol poisonings after people hold drinking competitions with the fun little breathalyzers located everywhere, and alcohol-related automotive accidents will stay about the same.

eurotrader		2012-07-01 09:43:39 AM

1 votes:

Most French roads have a built in drunk driving test, wavy lanes for no reason, round abouts, and no guard rails on most mountain roads.Having a drink before driving in France helps to pass going up hill around a blind curve in the fog. 11€ fine is probably less than the test kit and is along the lines of the 8€ fine for smoking on trains. The normal French thing is enforce stupid laws for Germans and the French will just ignore it.

Sudo_Make_Me_A_Sandwich		2012-07-01 06:30:35 AM

1 votes:

An €11 fine, thiz iz outrageous!

/imagine that in a bad French accent.

Archie Goodwin		2012-07-01 04:57:35 AM

1 votes:

ontariolightning: Why are they being forced to have a high vis jacket in their car? If you're not wearing it then what is their reasoning?

If you break down or need to change a tyre etc, which makes some sense. Unlike this breathalyzer law.

ontariolightning		2012-07-01 03:23:05 AM

1 votes:

Why are they being forced to have a high vis jacket in their car? If you're not wearing it then what is their reasoning?

ontariolightning		2012-07-01 03:14:27 AM

1 votes:

If more French people die from alcohol related accidents than speeding you have a real problem. I'm not sure this will work cause a really drunk person won't consider taking their breathalyser. Might save a few people though. Is it okay if I don't take a position on this? I don't know.

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