New Drink Drive limits
Discussion
Kenny Macaskill says today that this will save lives.
Can anyone point me in the direction of stats that show that fatal accidents happened when the driver was in the 50-80mg range?
Also, as people will still drink one evening and drive the next morning, rather than trying to put across a "just don't drink if you ever plan to drive again ever in your life", would it not be better for them to try an use specific examples?
Like, "f you drink 3 x 125cl glasses of wine and you finish drinking at midnight you will still have alcohol in your system at 8am" type of message?
Can anyone point me in the direction of stats that show that fatal accidents happened when the driver was in the 50-80mg range?
Also, as people will still drink one evening and drive the next morning, rather than trying to put across a "just don't drink if you ever plan to drive again ever in your life", would it not be better for them to try an use specific examples?
Like, "f you drink 3 x 125cl glasses of wine and you finish drinking at midnight you will still have alcohol in your system at 8am" type of message?
Cheers for the input PaulQV and the other comments.
Just to clarify, I hate drink driving, especially since I nearly got killed by one who wrapped his car round a lampost. Currently I would drink after one bottle of Miller or a pint of lager shandy. No more.
What my concern is the morning after - for those that say don't drive till its out your system how do you know when that is? With speeding, red lights, mobile phones, seatbelts you are knowingly doing something that is breaking the law. How can you say for certain that you are under or over limit the morning after?
I appreciate Pauls's comments and that is the common sense approach re 1 unit an hour - however the Govt insist on this message of don't drink and drive which I think kind of will get ignored as being "unrealistic". One of the earlier posters said if they had one cider they wouldn't drive the next day?
I realise that they dont want to encourage people to drink to the limit but if this is about educating drivers, then why not give us the tools to accurately work figures out and why is there not calibrated breathalyser kits available?
I also am a fan of SNP but not when it comes to crime. Between the Offensive behaviour at football act and this, I feel that Police Scotland are basically doing what they want (remember their initial refusal to back down re armed police).
All the unmarked Astras and Focus in Glasgow that have been pulling seatbelt and mobile phone issues in last two years will now be doing random stops all day long and breathalysing folks to get their convictions up and for Kenny MacAskill to proclaim how many "killer drivers" they have taken off the road.
Just to clarify, I hate drink driving, especially since I nearly got killed by one who wrapped his car round a lampost. Currently I would drink after one bottle of Miller or a pint of lager shandy. No more.
What my concern is the morning after - for those that say don't drive till its out your system how do you know when that is? With speeding, red lights, mobile phones, seatbelts you are knowingly doing something that is breaking the law. How can you say for certain that you are under or over limit the morning after?
I appreciate Pauls's comments and that is the common sense approach re 1 unit an hour - however the Govt insist on this message of don't drink and drive which I think kind of will get ignored as being "unrealistic". One of the earlier posters said if they had one cider they wouldn't drive the next day?
I realise that they dont want to encourage people to drink to the limit but if this is about educating drivers, then why not give us the tools to accurately work figures out and why is there not calibrated breathalyser kits available?
I also am a fan of SNP but not when it comes to crime. Between the Offensive behaviour at football act and this, I feel that Police Scotland are basically doing what they want (remember their initial refusal to back down re armed police).
All the unmarked Astras and Focus in Glasgow that have been pulling seatbelt and mobile phone issues in last two years will now be doing random stops all day long and breathalysing folks to get their convictions up and for Kenny MacAskill to proclaim how many "killer drivers" they have taken off the road.
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