Car share companies should install ignition interlock devices, sort of like a breathalyzer, to ensure the person getting behind the wheel is safe to drive, according to one local lawyer following a deadly crash in Vancouver over the weekend involving a car2go driver.
Kyla Lee with Acumen Law Corporation says not only would the cost to put the devices in vehicles would be covered because the service is so well used, it should not outweigh the cost of someone’s life.
“It would be very easy for them to put those in all of the vehicles to require somebody to blow to show they’re sober,” she said. “It would be a significant step that would protect the public, particularly because we often see people who’ve been consuming alcohol and have headed downtown or headed somewhere with the intention not to drive, then decide to drive and get into one of these [car sharing] vehicles because they feel like they’re fine. This would be a minimal expense compared to the cost, not only to the company, but also to the public as a whole when something goes wrong in one of these cases.”
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