France's bold drink driving legislation - every car to carry a breathalyzer
Found on Gizmag on Monday, 27 February 2012
From July of this year, it will become law in France to have a working breathalyzer in every car on the road, with enforcement beginning November 1.
The breathalyzer laws in France will be strictly enforced, with lots of spot checks and failure to provide a working breathalyzer when requested by a traffic policeman will attract a fine of EUR11.00 (US$14).
So buy a $2 breathalyzer and store it in your car. When police checks you, pull it out to show them. When they ask why there is no used breathalyzer (since you had to use one before you started to drive) you can always tell them that you already threw it away; after all, why keep trash in your car?