Does pub location determine driving law?

THE Road Safety Authority’s Gay Byrne’s recent comments on radio in relation to the impending demise of rural pubs beggar belief.

To quote Mr Byrne, he “understands the plight of the new driving laws and the effect on rural pubs, but reports that random breath testing making these businesses extinct is exaggerated and totally out of proportion”.

To further compound his comments, he said that “the more rural and remote pub premises are, the less chance of garda checkpoints”, as if to say that the new drink-driving legislation is open to interpretation according to geographical location.