PASS BREATH TEST ...EVERY TIME YOU GET BEHIND WHEEL

Drink drivers will have to use breathalyser in new plan >> Part of 'Vision Zero' to end road deaths by 2050

- BY LOUISE BURNE Political Correspondent

CONVICTED drink drivers will only be allowed back on the roads if they use a device in which they must pass a breath test before their car will start, it has emerged.

The plans are part of phase two of a Government initiative to end drink driving for good and bring down fatal road accidents rates.

Transport Minister Darragh O'Brien will soon bring a memo to Cabinet on the Phase 2 Action Plan for the Road Safety Strategy.

The draft memo, seen by the Irish Sunday Mirror, stated that the strategy has the "target of reducing road deaths and serious injuries by 50% by 2030" and to achieve 'Vision Zero', or as close as possible to no deaths or serious injuries, on Irish roads by 2050.

The Strategy is divided into three phases: 2021 to 2024, 2025 to 2027 and 2028 to 2030.

The plan that will be brought to Cabinet by Minister O'Brien is phase two of the strategy.

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