Hours after the breathalyzer was pronounced illegal by the Court of Appeal, the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) was back on the roads wielding the alcoblow gadget.
Scores of drunk motorists were arrested in Friday night’s operation as the authority swung with full force as always to cast a dragnet over the various city’s roads.
It now remains to be seen how the authority will prosecute those found to have been driving while under the influence of alcohol until the time when Parliament puts in place a legislation that will align the breathalyzer rules to the Traffic Act.
The Appellate Court ruled laws governing use of Breathylzer, popularly known as Alcoblow, were badly drafted and inconsistent with Traffic Act, urging MPs to redraft it.
