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DRIVERS HEALTH RISKS * WORLDWIDE
* France - To require all drivers to carry breathalyzer to curb accidents
(Photo: Breathalyzer ignition interlock)
Paris,France -The Detroit News (USA), by David Shepardson -June 29, 2012: -- France on Sunday will become the first country to require all drivers, including tourists, to carry hand-held breathalyzers in all vehicles — a move to help the wine-loving country crack down on drunken driving.
The law takes effect July 1 and was approved in March 2011. It is aimed at convincing drivers to check their blood alcohol level before starting their vehicles.
The law is being watched closely by auto safety advocates in the United States. In the U.S., 10,228 people were killed in 2010 in alcohol-related crashes, down 4.9 percent over 2009
France had about 4,000 road deaths in 2011, down from 16,000 annually in the early 1970s. Nearly 30 percent of road deaths in France are alcohol-related — or about 1,150. That's about the same percentage in the United States...
Fines for not carrying one are small — 11 euros — or about $14 and begin in November. France has also instituted stricter drunk driving laws and tougher penalties in recent years... 
* Denmark - Study: Traffic Noise Linked To Greater Risk Of Heart Attack
(Photo from Flickr, by user paulobar: New York City traffic at night)
Copenhagen,Denmark -The N.Y.Times/The Car Connection (USA), by Richard Read -Jun 28, 2012: -- If you live near a busy boulevard or interstate, you already know how annoying that traffic can be during your daily commute. But according to a new study, cited in the New York Times, it may also be the source of a bigger pain: a heart attack... The news comes from a group of Danish researchers who tracked the health of 57,053 people in Copenhagen and Aarhus for about 10 years. Participants began the study in middle age, between the ages of 50 and 64... To glean their results, scientists measured the noise of traffic passing by each participant's home, and what they found was alarming, particularly for residents of urban areas: for every 10 decibels of traffic noise, there was an additional 10% risk of heart attack...Labels: drivers health, human health
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