How can it be seen as an invasion of your privacy if you are driving on a public road putting people in danger?

The difference between America and Australia. We want to keep the entire community safe, even if we have to give a little to make that possible. Americans simply don’t care about society if it violates their individual freedom.’Cause that’s socialism, and you can’t have that because your successive governments over the last 70 years have brainwashed you into believing that Socialism and Communism are the same thing.

Australian here. A breatherliser is science. A field sobriety test is a fucking song and dance routine!

Two weeks ago on a Sunday, I’d been showing my dogs with my friends. On the way home, I got off the freeway in my country town and immediately there was a booze, drug bus. I got waved over to be tested. My 80kg Great Dane puppy tried to lick the police officer, and the cop laughed and gave him a pat. I was breathalysed and drug tested, I was clear, I have no issues with our police keeping us safe

When my cousin lived in Florida, a child was killed outside their school by a drunk driver. They put a row of speed humps in the road directly outside the school gate as a measure of protection. The parents of the children complained and protested until they were removed, as it infringed on their rights. This is the sort of morons we're dealing with 🙄

Watching the USA sobriety test takes so much time where both the driver and the police here in Australia only take a few minutes to conduct a DUI test

It's worth pointing out that the entire reason for pulling someone up can be for a breath test. i.e. The cop walks up to the driver's window and says, "Good morning, driver, the reason I have pulled you over is for a random breath test". That can be an excuse to pull someone up if they suspect something else, but it's also a very valid and common reason for being pulled up. It has happened to me numerous times (yes, I'm old), but it never upset me. It's no different, in my opinion than a radar checking my speed. I think most Aussies would agree that your "rights" to privacy do not outweigh my right to get home safely.

Aussies are at times criticised especially by some Americans, because of our lack of rights. However, talk to most Aussies and they will tell you that the lives of all Australians are safer and healthier because decisions such as the introduction of stricter gun laws and random breath tasting have contributed to a safer nation for everyone. Even compulsory voting is a way of telling people that their right to decide who governs is a civic responsibility. When there is a loss of lives in Australia, the reaction is almost always "What can we do to prevent this from happening again?" From America all I hear is "thoughts and prayers". We do have individual rights, but not at the expense of our friends and neighbours. Actually, we really don't go on about them, most of us just live our lives happily, but to be honest, not always perfectly. A very proud Aussie.

If you have been drinking you shouldn't be driving, same as if you are under the influence of drugs. We take road safety seriously. Road toll has dropped drastically since these sort of tests were introduced

I feel sorry for the Police in the US - how many people must have they told, "sorry your father/sister/aunt/boyfriend has been killed. We knew the person who hit them was drunk but we didnt want to invade their privacy"?????

Pissed in Aussie is drunk, Pissed off is upset, Angry 😡

I'm in Oz and I got breathalized about 30 yrs ago. I had stopped at traffic lights and took a swig out of my soft drink bottle. the cops( also at the lights )thought I was drinking beer(to be fair the bottle was brown glass like a stubbie) so they pulled me over. It gave me joy to hear him say "show me what you were drinking" only to then for him to say "fair dinkum ginger beer????"..he apologised but I still had to do the breathalizer still smile when I think of the look on his face after all these years but he was only doing his job

Peter Brock a racing legend of Australia, had his car number 05 as an endorsement to safety law

The police often set up RBT stations completely blocking the road, and breath resting or even DRUG testing every vehicle. The are usually located around a bend so you can’t see them ahead, and by the time you see them there are no alternate routes. One time on the Highway Patrol tv show, they had a second police vehicle waiting on a side street so you also had to answer the question “why did you come down this dead-end street?” 😂

I don’t drink and drive full stop. But it would be so embarrassing to have to get out of your car and do the wobbly walk on the footpath in front of everyone. Breath test is straight to the point

Easter coming up everyone so remember DOUBLE DEMERITS and lots of RBT units around. Most people are for this as it's for the benefit of everyone. Most of the western world does breathalyzer tests but somehow Americans seem to think that being drunk and driving is one their rights. Blows my mind.

The RBT is just part of our lives in Australia. It has prevented so many deaths due to DUI (Driving Under the Influence). It now includes drug testing. Modern technology has made it more accurate and quick. They can be anywhere at any time. I was coming back at approximately 12.00pm from a principal’s meeting and was tested. No biggie. Everyone driving, on a particular side of the road, is pulled over for a test.

You won’t find too many Aussies against RBTs. We want drunks on the roads as much as the cops do. Speed cameras are another story. If people post RBT locations on FB, they will get slammed.

In most states in Australia you can expect to breath tested and possibly drug tested as well whenever you are stopped by the Police. We are OK with this because it gets drunks and druggies off the road and prevents lives being destroyed or lost. America is miles behind Australia in this, the compulsory use of seatbelts and compulsory helmets for motorcycle and bicycle riders. All of these things reduce injuries and save lives.

My grandparents lived next door to the man that invented the RBT. I will never be angry about being pulled over for an RBT, they can save lives.

Random breath testing wasn't introduced in Australia in 1982. It started in 1976 in Victoria, and then got introduced into other states progressively over the next 12 years. I got a random alcohol breath check when it was first introduced in New South Wales. The policeman started by asking a couple of questions. His first question was, "How old are you, sir?" I replied, "Ummm... umm..." and he interjected, "I know it's a difficult question sir, but please try to do your best." ROFLOL.

With RBT limits a driver must be under .05 who are on full licenses, Provisional license holders must be ZERO, Heavy vehicle, bus, taxi, shuttlebus, etc holders must be under .02.. The idiots who say it's only revenue raising are those who have been caught over the limit, drug affected, fined, banned from driving for months, or jailed as a repeat offender. The RBT has reduced road deaths significantly over the years, but those who think it's a cash grab, obviously have not lost family or friends to drunk road users or drug effected ones either.

My partner changed his blinker to avoid a check point and they had another cop sitting down the road and followed him and pulled him over. He got done too 😂😂

A few years ago my wife and I were driving home when we passed an RBT setup on the other side of the road. My wife wanted to experience the process so we drove around the block and changed seats. As we approached the testing station cars were being pulled up in front of her, she was so nervously excited. The car immediately in front of her was pulled over, then the cop looked up, they had enough to keep them busy for a while, so he waved her and the following cars past. She missed out.

I got my DL in 83 so it's the norm for me. I never saw this ad as I was a country kid, (No commercial TV). I don't see it as an invasion of privacy as the roads are a public facility. It saves lives for sure so I'm all for it. ☮️

The main big difference is Australia’s are pretty relaxed and follow the law. Just like when the gun laws were introduced. Americans like to complain about anything. Freedom and rights seem to be what Americans want to complain about. Laws are written for every persons protection.i watch so many videos of Americans complaining about their rights, the constitution says this says that. All interpretations they can find. Instead of thinking of what the laws are for and doing people just want to have rights. I’m so glad I’m in Australia.

In Australia the safety of society in general or the safety of potential innocent victims are generally considered as important, if not more important, than the rights of an individual in many cases, especially when there is a reasonable expectation that such an individual has or is breaking the law of the land at that time. This is an area where Australians and Americans markedly differ, for Australians the safety and comfort of society at large is generally considered more important than individual freedoms. Thus Australians in general accept strict gun ownership laws which may be seen to impinge on an individual's freedoms but as this generally makes a society safer and therefore have less chance of or more freedom from encountering random gun violence, Australians are generally quite willing to accept the lawful restrictions on gun ownership or drivers being subject to random breath testing without legal recourse due to impinging on an individual's rights

Governments are usually reactive rather than proactive, at least here in Australia. There's usually a lot of whinging in the population, "There should be a law against it!" before anything gets done. So I'm saying that most people are for this. The road carnage was horrific before RBT. It took heavy fines and loss of licence for the habit of drinking and driving to disappear amongst many of my peers at the time, but they are all for it now, especially since the roads are much busier, and our generation have all matured. RBT units are well signed and there are blitzes around holiday periods to try to reduce accidents. Something that I have also noticed is that people who get hung up over privacy are often the ones posting every detail of their lives on social media. Every modern government can have tabs on the population if they so choose!

RBT and random drug testing done frequently where I live. I'm happy about it, it keeps our roads safer.

Part of the conditions of applying for and maintaining a driver's license, along with compliance with the National Road rules (and any state additions/amendments) is the explicit agreement to undertake a roadside test when requested.

Japan introduced 0.0 blood alcohol limit around a decade ago. Breweries then introduced zero alcohol beer, which is now available here in Oz too. Now here in Victoria, professional drivers (taxi, bus, lorry drivers & pilots) must have 0 blood alcohol-a really good move. Some industries have RBT for machinery operators as well.

Over here in Australia, you don’t even have to be going past a RBT station. You can just be driving along doing nothing out of the ordinary or breaking any laws and the police can pull you over to perform a breath test and licence check. I always say though, you shouldn’t have any worries with being pulled over unless you are drinking and driving. If you’re not breaking the law, you have nothing to worry about. The person who commented with it being just revenue raising has obviously been caught as it doesn’t cost you any money unless you are over the limit.

Here in Finland and Im pretty sure it's the same or similar in most of Europe, cops don't need ANY suspicion whatsoever of drunk driving in order to give you a breathalyzer, in fact they quite often have checks where they stop every single car that passes by and has the driver take a bearhalyzer just to make sure. I think this makes perfect sense cause I know for a fact that some people can seem and act like they're totally sober, not show any sort of obvious signs like smell of alcohol or fail one of your ridiculous field sobriety tests, and still be too drunk to operate a car safely! In some european countries the limit is literally ZERO, if you've had anything at all to drink in the last hour or so, you're screwed, He're in Finland the limit is 0,5 promille, and if you're above 1,2 it's considered a severe offense

I've been through two RBTs in the last 12 months. We also have random speed traps which I would go through at least two a week. We have no 'Bill of Rights' in Australia but we do have something called the 'Public Good'. If you are speeding or driving while intoxicated, you are a danger to the public and can expect to pay a price for that sooner or later.

I've seen those "field sobriety tests" in videos and wondered why the police were wasting so much of their time and the driver's time when a ten second breathalyser test would settle the matter. Now I understand that the police in the US aren't allowed to do the breath test straight away. That's sort of Amish policing, you've got a quick, convenient, non time wasting method but you're not allowed to use it.

Ryan as an Aussie I agree with RBT stops. I lost my sister to a drunk driver just before random breath testing came in to effect. I have been tested many times and it has never been an inconvenience to me.😊

What rights of privacy should anyone be given on public roads, when it comes to protecting the public from drug/alcohol fueled weapons. Ego and self importance should not come into play. Proud to live in Australia with tough laws and great attitudes. Who wants to live in a country and trust a government who is willing to put their love ones at risk over so called rights. What bullshit some Americans voice. 😒

I got my license in 1985 and Rbt has always been a fact of life for me, the promo is anywhere anytime

In nearly every instance I’ve heard Americans screaming about ‘my right’, it’s always about wanting to do something annoying or dangerous to other people, or themselves that will put others at risk to save them.

Totally acceptable to be expected to be in control of a deadly weapon.

I just watched a video showing Jim Jeffrey's driving around Sydney with the cops, very informative about US vs AU! There's a whole tv show about Random Breath Testing, it's brilliant because you're watching real people behaving stupidly and looking pathetic, it works! We do jingles for everything! 😁

I have been driving since it came in. In all that time, till today, I have been RBT'd maybe 3 times in total. In my group growing up, when we got together and partied, we had designated drivers and never had any problems. Nobody I know has a problem with RBTs, unless they are drinkers that drive. I don't know that many.

Hi Ryan, in Australia, the cops don't have to have pulled you over to test you. They set up "booze buses" on the road at random spots and test all or most drivers. Often they will have 4 or 5 cops testing. I think the booze bus is where you go to give a blood sample if you are over 0.05% on the breath test or test positive on a saliva drug test. They place the testing spot in a place where you can't see it (despite the flashing red and blue lights) until you have no way of avoiding it. They often also have a police car facing in the other direction to chase down drivers that "chuck a uey" to try to avoid the cops. Random breath testing commenced in Victoria in 1976. This was one of the earliest jurisdictions in the world to do so. Four million random breath tests are conducted in Victoria every year, which is about the number of registered drivers in the state, so drivers will be randomly tested on average once per year. While you say "pissed" to mean annoyed, we would say "pissed off".

Australian laws allow for police to conduct Random Breath Tests (RBT) of drivers, and recently in years drug testing was introduced. Previously we began with the alcoholic limit of 0.08 as in Indiana, but that was reduced to 0.05. Proviosnal drivers or learners is zero alcohol level. Police don't do sobriety tests like they do in the USA. If a person registers over the alcohol or drug level at the random breath test, they are then taken to the nearest police station (unless a breathalyser bus is onsite) to conduct proper and more accurate alcohol or drug test. Depending on the test result at the police station will either let you go as you were tested under 0.05. You could be charged with low-range, mid- range or high-range alcohol limit depending on how high the reading was.

At a RBT stop they don't search your car or ask for your drivers licence UNLESS you are over the limit. It only takes a minute and you're on your way.

According to Minister for Metropolitan Roads Natalie Ward, since the introduction of RBT, we have seen alcohol-related road deaths fall from 389 in 1980 to 47 in 2021. Who in their right mind could say it's a bad idea. Imagine claiming that it's your right to drive drunk and kill people.

RBT's have definitely changed drink driving culture in the last few decades

When I was on traffic law enforcement random breath testing was reasonably new (long time ago). What is important is that the offence here in NZ is not "driving drunk" or some variant on that but is driving with excess breath alcohol, hence the test, which, with the bag is a breath screening test, not evidential. With this in mind a field sobriety test is superfluous, not to say not very accurate. Should a person blow green, showing a certain level of alcohol, the individual is required to provide a sample of breath and or blood for evidential testing and note that they are not at this point arrested. Only if they refused further testing would they be arrested and taken for testing, should they refused either test they would be charged with failing to do so and the penalty was the same as for being over the limit. In a matter of a few years drinking drivers became pariahs when only a short time before many viewed them as unfortunately unlucky, in my view a good attitude shift.

Australian freedom is about creating an environment where we can be free and you are not free if you are not safe. Hence our attitude to guns and road traffic

I remember this ad and yes, we altered the songs' lyrics as well, similar to the person that responded to on the post, when seeing the RBT out and about. Looking back, it worked as annoying jingles stick in your head, having smart-arse teenagers helps too! Lol The first roadside RBT we witnessed as kids, were hilarious, to see when they pull out the mouthpiece with a bag on the end. We used to laugh our heads off in the back of the family car as we told our stepfather to "wrap ya larffin gear around and blow into the bag". A mock on the words of the officer who instead asked him to "blow into the bag"!

In the first ten years of RBT even at stretch I was tested about ten times. The local milkman got tested five times on the first day because he had to keep passing where they were setup.

Ryan. Australian COPs all have breath test kits for 'on the spot' checks. Random Breath Testing is part of life. They also have Drug Test Kits. Impared drivers must be removed from our roads, period.

Ryan, during the 70's, 80's and early 90's we had some of the best jingles with our ads that would just stick in your head for days. The Yellow Pages "NOT HAPPY JAN" campaign that was progressed through several years was the best in my opinion and became part of our very day vernacular to show one's displeasure at someone else. The annual International Cricket Tours ads were also a highlight and who can forget the late great Tina Turner and our Rugby League ads. On a more serious note: In the late 70's we lost a very good family friend to a drunk driver running her over while she was walking on the footpath pushing her baby in the stroller, leaving her baby motherless. I was in my early teens but as far as I can remember the driver was not charged with drunk driving as before the police and ambulances arrived, he started drinking alcohol he had in his car and he claimed the shock of the crash caused him to have to have a couple of drinks to calm his nerves thus his intoxication but claimed he was not intoxicated before the accident happened. Thankfully that is now no longer an excuse, but it was one of the excuses that people could use before we as a community woke up. Which was also around the time they decided it would be a good idea to make seatbelts mandatory in all new cars and also introduced the first types of baby capsules and booster seats for young children. Many people still like to say that RBT's are only a revenue stream which is stupid because if you are pulled over and you blow under .05 you are golden if you are over you need to have your sorry arse locked up and I hope the fine hurts your back pocket which is a lot better than crashing your car and hurting or killing someone. In regards to the legality of the RBT etc. I am pretty sure that when you get your license and each time you renew it you are agreeing to obeying the road rules and police directions, so we are agreeing to being stopped for breath tests for both alcohol and illegal drugs. I have been out on a Saturday night and been stopped at two separate RBT's, it did not bother me because I knew I had not been drinking. 99% of the police who are manning these RBT's are very nice and respectful and giving directions for what they are asking you to do and how to perform the tests and are happy to be able to tell you that you are good to go and enjoy the rest of your night. The fact that the motorbike was going so far over the speed limit on the previous video would in my mind have the police questioning if the rider was maybe under the influence of something to drive that fast in that area. I would rather the interaction the police had with the rider over his speeding etc, rather than the police/emergency services having to attend a fatal bike crash and have to deal with the aftermath of another rider going too fast and losing control of their motorbike and having to scrap his remains off the road.

Pissed can also mean mad as in pissed off or drunk as in he's pissed as a cricket etc

If you want to drink at home etc and not affect anyone else, that's your business, but if you are on the road them you could have a major affect on others.

Australia has very small population and we do value every life !!!!!

RBT: Random Breath Test - implemented in all Australian States and Territories. Best thing ever to test clean! Random location police stops, stops almost all vehicles depending on how many test stations are set up ( 2/3/4 police on site). Anyone tested over limit, then is required to give full blood test. Blowing up the bag was very hard for my old mum.

The amount of Australian lives saved since the introduction of RBT is immeasurable Good on all of the police for doing such an underrated stressful and highly important job. Plus, someone’s gotta look after us, with so many idiots driving around out there 👍🏻 Best regards WMH Team - Australia 🇦🇺

i call it Random Boozy Twits, the TV show here in Oz about the RBT's - yup we have a show.

The thing is here in Australia if you use public places, the law stated there is no longer “you, me, I” but “we, us” so you practically follow the rule no matter who or what. It’s pretty much “society” society, everyone is doing their best to keep everyone else safe, not just you.

In Australia we have a TV show called RBT were they film people being tested by police for alcohol and drugs while driving .

You're using a public road so they're not invading privacy..all for public good. I am old enough to remember no RBTs and non-compulsary seat belts. I also remember when they would publish road death stats every year and they were pretty horrific.

That’s why it’s called a Random breath test!! lol As an Aussie I have no problem! Those sobriety tests are hysterical! I’d probably fail it sober!😂😂😂

You are simply being asked to take a simple breath test to prove your fit to drive. Public safety takes priority over your “feelings“. If you’re so worried about being breathalised, or randomly drug tested you must be feeling guilty. If you turn around when you see a RBT unit. And the police see you - they’ll chase you. Anyone who hasn’t been using drugs or alcohol has nothing to worry about. If you have been taking drugs or alcohol and driving THE REST OF US HAVE A LOT TO WORRY ABOUT!

I dont like being guilty till I prove my innocence. But its certainly better than that Benny Hill clown show you make people do in the States.

It works and has saved thousands of lives and considering that for every road fatality there are 100 serious accidents with resultant paraplegic, quadriplegic and life altering outcomes, I don't care if i get pulled over and tested because at least me and mine are getting home safe. As the ad says "Drink Drive you're a bloody idiot"

People weren’t driving cars in the US when the constitution was written.

The funniest time with RBT in my experience was when the driver of the car (I was a passenger) was the off duty boss of the officers conducting the RBT, and it was being filmed for TV, but they genuinely did not know it was him till he wound the window down. Yes, for RBT, you can (and indeed, should) be pulled over randomly, *not* because anything has given you probably cause in any way. They nearly sh*t their pants, and he just calmly told them through gritted teeth to just do the test. It was scrupulously by the book, and they tried their best not to let on, while we were trying not to crack up laughing in the back seat.

When my daughter started driving I wanted every driver on the road tested! 😊

The only ones who complain are the drink drivers

Ryan, to explain a little those early "indicative breath tests", that is blow into the bag, were old school chemistry, a little like the pregnancy or RAT covid test, the straw had an indication colour (I think it was red), the breath sample in the bag could later be more accurately assessed. The modern version is a hand held device, the one with the clip on straw gives a digital recording of BAC levels to three decimal places with an accuracy of 0.003 either way. A second version doesn't obviously indicate a numerical result, rather it's programmed to indicate "Clear" up to 0.004, then "Restricted Fail" to 0.040, then "Check Fail" to 0.065, then "Fail" to 0.200, and "Recalibration Required" afterwards. If you question the "Restricted Fail", this is for all the Learner, Probationary and other Restricted drivers (Heavy Vehicles) that are required to have no alcohol in their systems. After the roadside test is the "Big machine" which is accurate to five decimal places, in the clip it was still very analogue, with a needle gauge, that is then duplicated onto a plotted graph on the dockets, and the highest readings are automatically typed afterwards, the operator also stamps, signs and gets you to countersign both copies,if necessary for court. The new one is digital and only requires the manual addition of signatures.

I remember when I first saw an rbt station in 1982 I think, I was 17 and when I saw one pulling people over to be tested, I drove around that block about 3 times until I got pulled over to be tested just to see what it was like.

We have laws that protect us, and are for our safety and wellbeing, hence why Australia is a safe country. We don't want a cesspool of a society like America. I'm very grateful to be Australian.

I am an Australian, and RBTs are brilliant. Yeah, a rare few have high tolerances for alcohol and may be fine above. 05. However, most start to lose reaction time. In Queensland, we were .08 for a long time but then matched the other states 05 laws. I got done for .07 about 3 months after the change. 300 fine but no suspension.

When the NSW Government brought in RBT the road toll in this state alone was around 1,300 per annum, which is more than the national Australian road toll now. It was subsequently rolled out in other states and territories. Most states have a0.05 limit for adult licence holders, with 0.02 for less experienced drivers and nil for learners - all understandable. Prior to 1982 the limit was 0.08 but people were only "put on the bag" following an accident back then. When blowing in the bag there were crystals - if they changed colour, you were dragged onto the "booze bus" for an evidential breath test to determine what would happen next. These days, the road toll in NSW sits at just over 300 and forcing people to drive home in a sober state was the biggest contributor to that lower number.

I was in the Queensland outback going back to Sydney, and in the middle of nowhere on the edge of the desert at a T intersection was a cop sitting on a small fold up seat waiting for people to breath test after the Birdsville races.

There are rules by which each individual must comply with to use a publicly funded "public" road. If 2 people are in a relationship some of each persons individual rights are forfeited for the benefit of the relationship, or the whole. No different in terms of public safety on the road or for that matter with the owning of fire arms. It's compromising for a better outcome

In Australia we have 'socialised' medicine and in particular hospitals. It makes sense if the public has to pay the hospital bills for the drunk drivers and their victims then drunk driving needs to be minimised. The same reasoning with seat belts (and now speeding) in Australia. You will be shocked to see the fines/penalties for not wearing seat belts compared to many if not all US states. I'm shocked to see in some US states the lack of seat belts required in the back seats and fines of $10-$25.

It used to be .08 at the station breath testing in the 70's. I used to see the US sobriety test on tv. You know, walk a straight line and touch the end of your nose. I'd fail as i can't walk a straight line sober. A common phrase here for over 50 years is " Pissed as a rat ". Rat could be replaced with a variety of names.

That made me smile seeing that old add. As a teen with friends when this started we circled the block numerous times so we COULD be pulled over. It seemed so exciting at the time.

I love it here in Australia 🇦🇺 the road rules are absolutely the best. Keep drunk & drug effected people OFF the roads. It is standard practice here. Give the American cops the power to do the same. American First amendment right have a place somewhere. But not when it can potentially effect the first amendment right's. Of any potential victums of a Drunk & or drug effected irresponsible driver!

The last 2 times I've been stopped by police, were purely for random breath tests. One at the roadside pulling over approaching cars, the other a mobile unit travelling the same highway. No problem with either of them, even if I don't get that 2 minutes of my life back. Both were thanked by me, for helping to keep us safe.

49 year old Aussie here, and that ad from 1982 unlocked a memory I thought was long gone! We used to sing it to each other in school before exams "how will you go when you sit for the test..." 😂 Also, can confirm the national limit is 0.05, and random breath testing has near universal public support. It's been a real life saver since its introduction. We also have dedicated RBT points (especially over holiday periods when drinking and driving is statistically higher), but they're placed in a way that's difficult to evade, and turning around will get you followed (this is a good thing). Oddly, and this may surprise you, all fixed speed cameras must be marked well in advance (at least, that's the case in my state NSW). Even mobile speed cameras need markings to advise a speed camera is ahead. The intention is to actually make you slow down, not to just raise revenue.

I must comment on the aussie vernacular of "pissed" because it's so funny. That when we were travelling Europe with some U.S. buddies and I said, "OMG, I am feeling so pissed now". They look at each other and say to me "Why are you so pissed? You look pretty happy". I said yeah I'm happy, but pissed off my scone." They say " How can you be pissed and happy at the same time?" I said because I'm feeling drunk. Eventually explain it that pissed=drunk and pissed off = angry to us. I know that's a little bit silly, but they laugh so much and say "You aussies are so funny". Lol.

Here in AUS most if not all traffic stops have a breath test at the beginning. Same with all accidents when police rock up.

The RBT stations and police presence on the roads in general will increase starting tomorrow here in Australia for the start of Easter too. We also get double demerits (loss of points on license) if we break a traffic law during holiday periods. There are still accidents and other issues, but there would be a lot more without it.

We have police buses that are adapted as alcohol and drugs testing. They often block a major suburban road with the bus and police cars, then test every driver going through. They often set up where turning around is impossible or side streets also have police waiting, making sure you can’t avoid being tested. They operate all hours of the day and week, so you never know where they might turn up. But cops being cops, if you’re driving an interesting car, they’ll often have a chat with you about the car. 😂

Here in NZ they sometimes have road blocks and get you to just say your name and address into a breathalyzer device that will pick up if you have been drinking. Sometimes they have these road blocks early in the morning for morning commuters incase they are still pissed from the night before! 😂😂

RBT as a mechanism to reduce alcohol-related traffic crashes (ARTCs) was introduced in Victoria, Australia in 1976 and was adopted by other Australian States from 1980-1988. The fourth amendment to the US Constitution protects from unreasonable search and seizures. I'd much rather being protected from drink driving morons/sociopaths.

Americans care more about individual freedoms and the constitution rather than the community. Drinking driving is like having a loaded gun both can kill . You are responsible for your actions doing both drink driving and pulling the trigger.

I just heard a talk about this a couple of weeks ago. They said that in America cops have to prove that your driving is being affected by alcohol to break the law, hence the field sobriety test. In Australia the law is just that if you are over .05 then you're gone, whether your driving is affected or not. The guy said, you have to be careful the morning after a night of drinking because you may feel ok but still be over .05. He said there are advantages and disadvantages to both ways of wording the laws . Random breath testing is no brainer though, in my opinion.

I got busted by the breath analyser (RBT) , it best thing that could have happened to me at the time . I was over the limit , I was tired & I was about to drive over 150k home .Would I have made it , would I fall asleep, run off the road & hit a tree or head on into a oncoming vehicle . I'll never know , I was arrested , thank you SA police , the fine & loss of license was nothing compared to what might have happened . I've been driving now for 58 years & got caught once , once was enough for me to see how stupid I was but I see some get caught multipul times , fools & idiots .

We in Australia used to have 0.08 as the limit too. When I was still a teenager I blew 0.07 on my birthday and just missed an extra 'gift' from the cops. I once lived in a share-house where one of they guys blew something like 0.24 and many said he should have been close to dead. These days you don't take a chance and if you are gonne have more than a couple of beers each hour for a coupla hours, you make sure you take a cab, uber etc. Civil liberties shouldn't be about the right to drive drunk. It should be about the right to drive more safely with no intoxicated people also on the road.

I have been random breath tested several times over the years. And random drug tested once. It's nothing personal. And I have returned negative results every time. Random alcohol and drug testing is very effective, and the impact of being over the legal alcohol level, or positive for drugs, is severe. Since random testing came in, the reduction of road accidents, injury or death in Australia has significantly reduced. Now, if they can only develop a random test for driver stupidity.....

In Australia it is actually called Random Breath Testing, they just set up a stop point and pull over motorists randomly for a test. No other reason is needed. It is an excellent deterrent because you never know when you might be tested. We don't mind, especially with the new breathalysers where you just have to count to 10 near the machine.

Roadside breath tests and drug tests had a huge effect in reducing the road toll. Also, seeing the old bag type breath tests brought back a smile. The police officer would say "Blow in the bag driver" and the driver would respond with "Why? Are your chips, (Fries), too hot?"

As an American, I wish that we did do this. Of course, we are the country where we allow people to own houses full of firearms if they wish, and then accept when massacres occur ignoring the please of those who have had their lives upended. So sad. Peace

They don't pull you over for something else and test you. The breath test is the reason for the stop. They will often send you on your way without even asking to see your license.

Same law applies in Aotearoa New Zealand. I was stopped and marginally over the limit, the officer told me because I was respectful and not breaking any other road laws, I could call a taxi snd leave with a warning.

Our Breath testing will take whole sections of traffic and test them all. Its expected and respected. Not just at night but you will find them in the mornings 6 - 8 am too to catch those that are still drunk from the night before. You are on a public road so its not breaching your privacy. Love Australia and New Zealand attitudes