Blood-alcohol test push cart aims to reduce DWIs (WRAL.com Raleigh)
Bar patrons wondering if they are too intoxicated to move helplessly can now find out their blood spirits of wine level by using a new push cart vending service.
Doug Scott pushed his “Blow This” cart, featuring a breath test device, in downtown Raleigh Friday night. Scott said the discriminative characteristic, which costs $5, is a “great utensil” for people trying to avoid being arrested for driving while intoxicated.
“It does provide an educational tool for people to make better decisions about whether they drive or not,” Scott said.
Scott said the breath-test device is the like one used by police officers. Scott is a preceding police lieutenant, who specialized in the areas of substance abuse impairment and general traffic safety. He is a court-recognized expert in the area of alcohol and drug impairment detection and evaluation.
The Drug and Alcohol Risk Management company has if the cart Friday and Saturday from 9:30 p.m. to 2 a.olio. The group focuses on educating clients on the prevention and detection of drug and alcohol-related abuse.
Drug and Alcohol Risk Management teamed with Safe Ride Home for the downtown Raleigh events to offer every alternative to driving while disguised.
Eliza Ruffner, a downtown patron, thinks Scott will have adequate supply of customers downtown due to the large crowds.
“I would rather pay $5 to have existence in possession of my alcohol level checked than pay $1,000 or so if I got a DUI,” Ruffner before-mentioned.
Downtown patron Chris Cox thinks the cart will be easy as a novelty for people wondering “how drunk” they are.
Scott said he hopes the new business be pleased preserve lives and make clan think approximately getting behind the wheel.
“If they do this and decide still to drive, even if they have a high breath spirits of wine, my advice to them is not to do it,” Scott said.
While the Raleigh Police Department representatives said they cannot endorse a business, they said they are behind the word of keeping drunk drivers off the street.