ALCOLOCK IMPLEMENTATION IN SPAIN

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ALCOLOCK IMPLEMENTATION IN SPAIN

• F. Javier Alvarez
• Rufina Ochoa
• Inmaculada Fierro

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ALCOLOCK TRIAL IN SPAIN 1/10

• Background Spain Drinking
• Fear/Concern alcolock are installed because the
  bus drivers have dink-drive problems
• Aim Promote road safety by avoiding driving
  under the influence of alcohol
• Secundary aim Alcolock as a preventive tool
  modify the behaviour of drivers and passangers
  taking bus drivers as an example-

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ALCOLOCK TRIAL IN SPAIN 2/10

• LEVEL
• Professional drivers (bus drivers)
• Passangers
• Managers/Owners
• Policy makers/ Unions
• KNOWLEDGE
• To adquire practical information from alcolock
  use
• To obtain information about oppinion

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ALCOLOCK TRIAL IN SPAIN 3/10
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ALCOLOCK TRIAL IN SPAIN 4/10

• There are no relevant problems with the use of
  the alcolock device.
• The alcolock does not interfere with other bus
  devices or other duties, but bus drivers
  considered the alcolock time-consuming.
• Long warming-up was frequently reported.
• Most bus drivers considered that using alcolocks
  contributes to traffic safety and that all buses
  in Spain should have an alcolock installed.
• Bus drivers thought that alcolocks were good for
  the companys image, and that alcolocks improved
  the companys standard of quality. However, their
  opinion that alcolocks were good for their image
  as bus drivers decreased after one year of their
  use.
• No bus drivers intended to change their drinking
  habits because they drove a bus with an alcolock
  installed.

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ALCOLOCK TRIAL IN SPAIN 5/10
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ALCOLOCK TRIAL IN SPAIN 5/10
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ALCOLOCK TRIAL IN SPAIN 6/10
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ALCOLOCK TRIAL IN SPAIN 7/10

• Only 18 of those interviewed had previously
  heard about alcolocks, even though a leaflet had
  been distributed among the bus passengers
  explaining the alcolock project.
• Most passengers (gt 90) thought the installation
  of alcolocks in buses to be a good idea.
• In addition, most passengers believed alcolocks
• were good for the companys image,
• improved the companys standard of quality
• and the image of the bus drivers themselves,
• as well as improving road safety.
• In general, the installation of alcolocks in
  buses was not related to a possible problem of
  the driver with alcohol.
• Although passengers supported the installation of
  alcolock, they did not express a clear demand for
  the installation of the alcolock devices in buses

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ALCOLOCK TRIAL IN SPAIN 8/10
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ALCOLOCK TRIAL IN SPAIN 9/10

• Company owners were in favour of the alcolock
  device. However, after the end of the trial
  period they considered that the economic cost was
  too high to be supported by the bus company.
• Much more political support is needed at high
  level.
• Appropriate programmes should be established
  regarding how to manage failed alcolock tests.

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ALCOLOCK TRIAL IN SPAIN 10/10

• HOW TO MANAGE FAILED TEST
• The issue of a failed alcolock test and the lost
  of the work possition
• Legal issues regarding data proteccion (test
  results gathered by the bus comany)
• Accuracy of BrAC measure and calibration time-set
• Alternative bus driver