His Excellency the Governor Sir Henry Abel Smith, Road Safety Convention – Brisbane

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Road Safety In Sweden

Sweden has a way of dealing with drunken drivers on whom it is planned to inflict heavier penalties. Under new legislation now before the Swedish Parliament, anyone found at the wheel of a car when his blood contains .08 per cent or more of alcohol will be gaoled, instead of fined as hitherto.

Police surgeons there have the right to take a blood test of anyone suspected of being “under the influence,” irrespective of whether he has an accident or is even driving a car. It is sufficient to be sitting at the wheel.

Other Swedish road safety measures include snap inspections of vehicles at the road-side. State inspectors have the right to stop motorists and check the brakes, steering and other safety factors in their cars. It is an offence to drive a car with defective brakes or steering gear.

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