An inventory of the preventive use of alcolocks in Europe, North America and Australia. Commissioned by the Dutch Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management, SWOV made an inventory of preventive alcolock implementation and stimulation worldwide. Preventive alcolock installation is not related to judicial or administrative offender programmes. In order to obtain the desired information, SWOV sent a questionnaire to the most important actors regarding preventive alcolock implementation in Europe, North America and Australia. Based on the results, recommendations are made for the situation in the Netherlands, focusing on two clearly distinguished driver categories: professional drivers and drivers with an alcohol problem. The inventory of international experiences did not yield any (scientific) evidence of the safety effects of preventive use of alcolocks. As preventive use has not internationally been adopted much, there are few leads for a successful introduction in the Netherlands. However, international experiences are a basis for a number of considerations in relation with this topic.
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