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<p>The Department has not made a formal assessment of the effectiveness of the rigorous
enforcement and serious penalties for drink drivers; nor of the trends in the level
of breath tests performed between 2011 and 2015. However, the Department has already
introduced further measures to tackle drink drivers. Since 2015, repeat drink drivers
must medically prove they are not alcohol dependent before getting their licence back,
and the right to blood testing was removed for drivers who narrowly fail breathalyser
tests. A £350,000 competition announced in June to develop a new mobile evidential
breathalyser for the police has also been completed; winning entries are currently
being assessed.</p>
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