English

Noun

booze bus ‎(plural booze buses)

1. (Australia) A police vehicle used for administering blood-alcohol tests (to drivers), generally a mid-size bus converted or fitted out for the purpose. [Introduced in New South Wales December 1982.]
   • 1982 December 2, Police 'booze buses' gear up for the start of random breath tests, Sydney Morning Herald, page 16, quoted in 1985, G. A. Wilkes, A Dictionary of Australian Colloquialisms, second edition, Sydney University Press, ISBN 0-424-00113-6.

See also

• RBT