Self-testing for alcohol levels
Mitchell questioned whether drivers should be able to test their own alcohol levels; Dukes considered the system fair and said justice did not require self-testing facilities.
In view of the fact that a driver could feel quite capable of driving and could be over the limit without being aware of it, is the Minister anxious to make available facilities for self testing? Does the Minister consider that the system is fair in the absence of the opportunity for drivers to self test their alcohol level?
Comment on this
I consider the system fair. I recognise that there is a certain body of opinion which takes the line that Deputy Mitchell started off with. In any case of this kind no matter where one draws the line there will be cases on one side or the other that are possibly marginal. I do not have any official view — I will put it no stronger than that — on the question of self testing. I do not think that justice requires that we make any specific provision for self testing.