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News Article Comments : Solid evidence needed before drink-drive reduction
The Government wants “solid evidence” about the impact of reducing the drink-drive limit before changing it.
A new consultation says the current limit of 80mg of alcohol per 100ml of blood is being kept “under review” amid calls for reducing it to 50mg. Some in trade say reducing the limit further would hit country pubs in particular.
The consultation from the Department for Transport says: “A change in the prescribed limit would be a significant change of strategy. We want to have solid evidence on how many deaths and injuries could be avoided by a new limit, and we want to understand the wider social implications of a lower limit.”
The document asks what evidence can be offered, and what further evidence can be obtained, to support a lowering of the drink-drive limit.
Last month, road safety minister Jim Fitzpatrick said: “We are not convinced that dropping to 50 [mg] is the right answer. Drivers who are between 50 and 80mg are not the ones we are most worried about. It’s the one
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John Ellis 21/11/2008 13:38:13  |
RE: Solid evidence needed before drink-drive reduction This is a story that just won't go away. Only weeks after the minister says its NOT the way to go, his own department is re-issuing it as a "consultation" document. Can't the minister get a grip on his own department? He was right to say that those who have between 50 and 80 mg of alcohol in their blood are not the problem - it's those who have drunk considerably more. The M.A. would perform a very useful service for the whole industry if it monitors the "consultation", so that the Health Fascists don't use it to "save" all lives from drink-driving, instead of just those who would have been saved in the reduction from 80 to 50. Ewan - can you assist here? John Ellis Crown Inn, Oakengates This post replies to this thread |
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| J Mark Dodds 24/11/2008 01:06:25 |
RE: Solid evidence needed before drink-drive reduction This is only anecdotal but my impression from places I've been where there is zero tolerance on drink driving is that I've seen more KO'd drivers than I ever have in the UK. Almost as if the thinking is 'if I'm going to get done I might as well be blitzed as having had just one'. Does this mean anything? I doubt it. This post replies to this thread |
