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Breathalyser

Great Britain · Government / Labour Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1965

Barbara Anne Castle Blackburn1965

Government / Labour Party Government

Introduces the breathalyser to combat the crisis of drink-driving, and also introduces the 70 MPH speed limit on motorways and presides over the closure of approximately 2050 miles of railways as she enacts her part of the Beeching cuts

Names involved

Barbara Anne Castle Blackburn

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