Meanings
nounalcolock (plural alcolocks)
plural alcolocks
- A mechanism that prevents a car from starting if the driver has exceeded the legal limits of alcohol consumption.
Various international studies have shown that alcolock users had 65% to 95% fewer repeat offences than drivers whose driving licence was suspended or revoked. The previous Government conducted a trial programme in 2005, but there was never any follow-up.
2013 December 10, Rehman Chishti, “Road Safety”, in parliamentary debates (House of Commons)
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Translations
Finnish alkolukko
- alkolukkomechanism that prevents a car from starting
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