AlcoDigital and Renault Trucks partner to prevent drink driving deaths

Alcohol safety and training specialist AlcoDigital (AD) has joined forces with Renault Trucks to showcase and offer a new safety device in their latest range of LCV Master business fleet vehicles, which will feature at the Freight in the City Exhibition 7 November 2017. The alcohol safety device, Draeger Interlock 7000, will monitor drivers by requiring them to pass a breathalyzer test before they start the engine.
October 13, 2017 Read time: 2 mins
Alcohol safety and training specialist AlcoDigital (AD) has joined forces with 2453 Renault Trucks to showcase and offer a new safety device in their latest range of LCV Master business fleet vehicles, which will feature at the Freight in the City Exhibition 7 November 2017.

The alcohol safety device, 8299 Draeger Interlock 7000, will monitor drivers by requiring them to pass a breathalyzer test before they start the engine. If the driver fails the test, the interlock will automatically disable the vehicle for a pre-specified amount of time set by the company. The device can then request further tests throughout the journey. It can also be included as an upgraded extra at the customer’s request.

If provided separately, the current retail price is around £1,500 + VAT before fitting, however, Renault customers who wish to upgrade their fleet will be offered a discount as part of the initiative.

Suzannah Robin, alcohol and drug expert at AD said, “As many as 6,500 deaths could be prevented annually if drink driving was eliminated in Europe and several studies have already shown that an alcohol interlock fitted to a vehicle, where a driver has to pass a breath test prior to being allowed to start the engine, has been very effective in cutting repeat drink driving offences.”

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