Alcohol sensors should be fitted to all cars to tackle drink driving, a former government adviser has claimed.
Professor David Nutt has proposed that all cars be fitted with a sensor into which the driver would have to breathe before the car could be started.
Nutt, who was sacked three years ago, is president of the British Neuroscience Association and a professor at Imperial College London. His recommendations are taken from his latest book, 'Drugs -- Without the Hot Air'.
Nutt has cited the use of the so-called Alco-lock in other countries for convicted drunk-drivers and argues that if such a device was fitted to all cars, the number of accidents and fatalities from drink driving could fall dramatically.
The proposals have been welcomed cautiously by the Parliamentary Advisory Committee on Transport Safety, although the government has no plans to introduce such a system at the moment.
President of the AA, Edmund King, has criticised the plans saying, "Our message is that no one who drives should drink. If that message gets across and the police target drink-drivers and breathalyse more people, then you don't need new devices."
