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Blow to drink-driving

24/03/2014

Kevin Bentley from the Rotary Club of Dandenong South East tries the machine as clubmate Phillip Thurgood, Dandenong Club's Daniel Martin and Dandenong Stadium CEO David Graham watch on. 114407 Picture: ROB CAREW

NEW breathalysers in two Dandenong venues will help improve road safety in more ways than one.
The TAC funded the machines and Rotary Club of Dandenong South East installed them at Dandenong Club on Heatherton Road and at national basketball hub Dandenong Stadium on Stud Road.
Drinkers will pay $2 to check their blood alcohol concentration and Rotary will use the cash for road safety initiatives.
The program has support from City of Greater Dandenong and Dandenong police, and five more venues are interested in getting involved.
Rotary Club of Dandenong South East will next month apply to the TAC for five more machines.

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