NEW WAYS TO USE BIOCHEMICAL INDICATORS OF ALCOHOL-ABUSE TO REGRANT LICENSES IN A FAIRER MANNER AFTER DRUNKEN DRIVING IN GERMANY

The failure of medical-psychological examination to provide convincing recommendations concerning the regranting of licences in a significan t number of cases illustrates the need for objective laboratory testin g. Experience in Germany shows that blood-alcohol concentration alone could lead to misleading recommendations, and suggests that laboratory testing is best done on samples taken at the time of the offence, rat her than subsequently at medical-psychological investigation.