Police in Melbourne, Australia, plan to use Twitter to publish “‘embarrassingly boozy breath readings’ recorded during traffic operations” in order to reach young people out partying, in an effort to convince them to cut back. A Victoria police official points to the example of one car stopped on three occasions with drivers who’d been drinking and said the police need to use new tools to get across the message about the dangers of drinking and driving. Straits Times, Singapore/AFP
Posted by Ellen Wallace on 27 July 2009 at 6:46 |
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Tags: alcohol, Australia, driving, drunk, police, Twitter
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