Road Traffic Bill - Road safety legislation welcome

The proposal to permit random breath testing of drivers, and on-the-spot convictions for drink driving offences in certain instances, should be warmly welcomed.

The option of accepting an on-the-spot conviction will apply only to first-time offences and, even then, only to people who have an alcohol reading under a certain threshold.

A kind of industry has been allowed to develop within the legal profession in helping people to beat convictions for driving under the influence of alcohol. Many people got off due to some technicality or other, rather than because they were not driving while impaired.