Re: Drunk cityrail driver

["Tezza" <tezza2000@dingoblue.net.au>]

"Dave Proctor" <daproc@spambait.ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
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> "David Bradshaw" <davidbradshaw@my-deja.com> wrote in message
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> > Do the police always do the testing?
>
> I may be wrong (I have been known to be wrong before) but I would imagine it
> would be transit police, or at the very least, inspectors with Special
> Constable powers (like public hospital security staff and RSPCA inspectors).
> After all, driving (trains) whilst under the influence is a criminal
> offence, and if they were to test and then have to get a cop there to
> conduct the *official* test, the BAC could drop to below the prescribed
> level.


It's normally inspectors who do it. If they're over the limit (0.02) it's off
to the cop shop.