Sobriety Tags

by Irn Bru Thu Jul 31, 2014 11:35 am

People convicted of alcohol-related crimes will have to wear an ankle tag which can detect whether they are drinking.
People who consistently break the law while drunk are to be forced to wear tags that can detect whether they are drinking.
The mandatory so-called 'sobriety tags', which look like electronic tags, could force abstinence for up to four months and work by recording alcohol intake - measuring air and sweat emissions from the skin every half an hour.
If offenders break a drinking ban, they could find themselves back in front of a judge who will consider further sanctions or send them to prison.
This scheme will initially apply only to a handful of London boroughs - Croydon, Lambeth, Southwark and Sutton - and involve 100-150 offenders and is not aimed at those who are alcohol dependent.

http://news.sky.com/story/1310546/boozy-criminals-get-tags-that-detect-alcohol

If you are in Croydon, Lambeth, Southwark or Sutton then you have been warned.

We're just fine up here

by gerber Thu Jul 31, 2014 11:45 am

So long as miner is 18 carat gold and has many Scottie dogs on the links I won't mind.

Ankle bracelets went out years ago.

Funny how fashion reinvents itself.

by Irn Bru Thu Jul 31, 2014 11:54 am

Designer sobriety tags! Now there's a thing Gerber. I'll place an order at once with my supplier in China to ship a container load over on the next freighter.

cheers

by Guest Thu Jul 31, 2014 12:30 pm

This is only going to work if the government and authorities are prepared to back it up by spending the necessary money on proper treatment for those found to be continuing to abuse alcohol, and quite besides the fact that it is useless trying to stop addicts unless and until they want to stop we all know that no government is going to provide the money necessary to provide proper high quality treatment.

by Original Quill Thu Jul 31, 2014 5:04 pm

I would approve if the guy had to buy me a drink every time I met up with him.

Otherwise...

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