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Originally Posted by Zarley
Can you link a study detailing the effectiveness of mandatory screening versus the existing procedure? I can’t seem to find anything of substance on the topic.
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There will be a number of factors at play over that period. The quality of the infrastructure in Ireland has improved and will have also contributed to the reduction in road deaths.
https://www.abfi.ie/Sectors/ABFI/ABF...g!OpenDocument
“The introduction of random breath testing by the gardai in 2006 led to an immediate decrease in road deaths, as well as a reduction in the number of hospital admissions following crashes.
In the first 12 months following its introduction 92 lives were saved.”
https://www.independent.ie/life/moto...-35614200.html
Right next door in Northern Ireland where there wasn’t a random testing regime, drink driving incidents increased:
https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/n...-35242493.html
Meanwhile, in that totalitarian backwater that is Australia
https://roadsafety.transport.nsw.gov...rbt/index.html