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Interlocks - their role in reducing drink driving Dr Andrew Clayton RSN Associates

Interlocks - their role in reducing drink driving Dr Andrew Clayton RSN Associates. Interlocks - their role in reducing drink-driving. Andrew Clayton RSN Associates. About my presentation. A short history of drink driving How interlocks can help reduce the problem. 1967 Road Safety Act.

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Interlocks - their role in reducing drink driving Dr Andrew Clayton RSN Associates

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  1. Interlocks - their role in reducing drink driving Dr Andrew Clayton RSN Associates

  2. Interlocks - their role in reducing drink-driving Andrew Clayton RSN Associates RSN Associates

  3. About my presentation • A short history of drink driving • How interlocks can help reduce the problem RSN Associates

  4. 1967 Road Safety Act A social revolution Barbara Castle MP The most pernicious piece of anti-democratic legislation ever passed A publican A very unfeminine act Wife of rugby footballer RSN Associates

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  9. What are interlocks? • Devices that “stop drunks driving cars” • Immobilisers linked to breathalysers RSN Associates

  10. The system in practice Driver provides breath sample <=20mg/100ml* Car starts >20mg/100ml Car doesn’t start Driver then ‘locked out’ for a specific time * Machines can be preset to any value RSN Associates

  11. Examples of interlock use • In commercial programmes • Compulsory for new school buses in France • Voluntary use in many EU countries incl UK • In judicial programmes • Widely in N America and Australia • Small, but growing, use in Europe RSN Associates

  12. Key elements for success All programmes • Systems to prevent ‘cheating’ • Flexible settings to suit usage • Records to monitor behaviour • Judicial programmes • Install asap after offence • Counselling / support service RSN Associates

  13. Discussing the data RSN Associates

  14. DfT’sview on Interlocks • These schemes are very difficult to manage. • Offenders can get round the lock by changing the car they drive. • We are also not persuaded as to their effectiveness in changing long-term behaviour. RSN Associates

  15. DfT’sview on Interlocks • These schemes are very difficult to manage. DfT’s own Demonstration Project showed that they were relatively easy to manage RSN Associates

  16. DfT’sview on Interlocks • These schemes are very difficult to manage. • Offenders can get round the lock by changing the car they drive. Is that easier or more difficult than driving a car whilst disqualified? RSN Associates

  17. DfT’sview on Interlocks • These schemes are very difficult to manage. • Offenders can get round the lock by changing the car they drive. • We are also not persuaded as to their effectiveness in changing long-term behaviour. RSN Associates

  18. Do interlock programs work? • When the interlock program is a part of a monitoring and accompanying framework, the recidivism rate stays 2 or 3 times below that of programs based on only “hard control”, even several years after removal. ICADTS Working Group on AIID Oslo 2010 RSN Associates

  19. DfT’sview on Interlocks • These schemes are very difficult to manage. • Offenders can get round the lock by changing the car they drive. • We are also not persuaded as to their effectiveness in changing long-term behaviour. RSN Associates

  20. A final thought • Should we simply punish all drink/drive offenders? OR • Should we extend current “support programs” to include interlocks for some/all categories of offenders? RSN Associates

  21. Thank you Andrew Clayton RSN Associates www.roadsafetynet.com RSN Associates

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