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Road Safety Bill [HL]

My name is attached to Amendment No. 46 because it appears that the presence of an alcohol lock in a car—we have not actually seen such a device yet—does not prevent just anybody blowing in to it. If they did so, as the noble Earl, Lord Attlee, has said, a drunk person could continue to drive. We seek assurance first that there is such a device; secondly, that it is proofed against being used by somebody else—really proofed, not in a way that can be got over by using a tube or something so that your mouth does not touch it; and lastly, that, if anybody uses one to permit somebody who is drunk to drive, the offence will be regarded as a serious one. The person who does it will be treated as if they had been the drunk driver.