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Just come back from Europe. Didn't check out places to buy 'cause I had them already via e-bay, BUT..
A German newspaper had an article about them. Seems they are in very short supply right now.
In addition, they need to be stored at temperatures much lower than that of a glovebox in a car parked in 32deg air temperature, i.e. not in the car!
Then there is some controversey over their disposal as they are said to contain harmful chemicals.
I've also read this elsewhere: www.france24.com/en/20120627-frances-latest-crackd...o
It has emerged that the chief of the road safety group that persuaded Nicolas Sarkozy’s government to adopt the ruling is also a senior executive with the leading manufacturer of the blow-in-the-bag test kits.
French daily Sud Ouest revealed on Wednesday that Daniel Orgeval, the president of the anti-drink driving lobby group I-Test, also works for Contralco, the leading manufacturer of the equipment.
I-Test was formed just eight months before Sarkozy’s government adopted the new law in March last year.
Contralco, one of only two companies who produce a test-kit of the required standard, was reportedly in financial difficulties until the law was approved. But since then it has taken on over 100 staff, thanks in no small part to a demand for five million test kits a month.
Sud Ouest’s exposure of Orgeval’s double role has led to an angry response from other motorist groups.
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