From today, repeat drink drivers will be required to install an alcohol breathalyser in their car to stop them driving if they've had a drink.https://t.co/qgWHPHMo8D
— RNZ (@radionz) July 1, 2018
From today, repeat drink drivers will be required to install an alcohol breathalyser in their car to stop them driving if they’ve had a drink.
The government said anyone caught drink driving over the legal limit twice within five years, or a first time offender more than three-point-two times over that limit will face an alcohol interlock sentence.
An interlock is a breath testing device that will stop a car starting if it detects alcohol.
Associate transport minister Julie Anne Genter said the sentence could prevent around 6,000 cases of drink-driving a year.
A financial assistance scheme will also ensure low income offenders can afford to buy the breathalysers, which can cost more than $2000.