UK Among Worst For Drink Driving
Drink driving in Britain is among highest in Europe
Britain’s motorists are among the worst in Europe for drink driving, it has been reported. A new study shows that Britain has the third highest rate of drink driving with 6% of drivers getting behind the wheel while over the limit.
Britain was topped only by Switzerland, with 6.6%, and Moldova with a whopping 19%, while the average across Europe was in fact just 1.7%. Research by the road policing group Tispol found that 829 drivers tested positive among almost 14,000 breath tests carried out in Britain.
The results came as part of Tispol’s week-long, pan-European study last month. Britain has the second-second highest drink drive limit in Europe and many parts of Britain have seen a reduction in police patrols and an increase in speed cameras.
Tispol president Adam Briggs, who is also the deputy chief constable of North Yorkshire Police, said: 'We are determined to find a way forward to reduce this unacceptable level of hard-core drink drivers and to make the roads safer for everyone. There are a number of possibilities including reducing the legal limit, the introduction of random roadside testing, increasing the penalties or continuing to improve education.'
This just goes to show that (thankfully) UK Police are better at identifying drink drivers - ie they are targetting people who appear to be under the influence of alcohol as per the legislation around testing.
In many European countries roads policing is far less intelligence led and relies on stop checking vehicles at a check point. This has the effect of being virtually a random check on whether drivers have consumed alcohol rather than here where officers stop drivers because they have cause to believe that they are under the influence (and have committed a road traffic offence or been involved in an accident).
It's daft statistic like this which end up being used to push forward the next "car hating" law around 10mph speed limits and men with red flags walking in front of all vehicles.
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Either way 6% in 14,000 isn't what id regard as a problem.
Maybe if they didn't fk us so much we wouldn't feel the need to drown our sorrows so much?
Remember, they created us first...
This just goes to show that (thankfully) UK Police are better at identifying drink drivers - ie they are targetting people who appear to be under the influence of alcohol as per the legislation around testing.
In many European countries roads policing is far less intelligence led and relies on stop checking vehicles at a check point. This has the effect of being virtually a random check on whether drivers have consumed alcohol rather than here where officers stop drivers because they have cause to believe that they are under the influence (and have committed a road traffic offence or been involved in an accident).
It's daft statistic like this which end up being used to push forward the next "car hating" law around 10mph speed limits and men with red flags walking in front of all vehicles.
Rant over
Exactly my thoughts and conclusions.
we are not the worst for drink driving, we have the most pro active police force with regards any motoring related offence in the world. that inclueds speeding too, which i would wager we are also the worst offenders of statistically too
I reckon statistically britons are not bad when it comes to knife crime compred to other countries. but thats only because they dont know how to cathc that lot.
Either way 6% in 14,000 isn't what id regard as a problem.
This just goes to show that (thankfully) UK Police are better at identifying drink drivers - ie they are targetting people who appear to be under the influence of alcohol as per the legislation around testing.
In many European countries roads policing is far less intelligence led and relies on stop checking vehicles at a check point. This has the effect of being virtually a random check on whether drivers have consumed alcohol rather than here where officers stop drivers because they have cause to believe that they are under the influence (and have committed a road traffic offence or been involved in an accident).
It's daft statistic like this which end up being used to push forward the next "car hating" law around 10mph speed limits and men with red flags walking in front of all vehicles.
Rant over
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Either way 6% in 14,000 isn't what id regard as a problem.
.....seems a miniscule amount to me.
NB I wonder what number were breathalised in other countries, anyone have a link to the actual figures?
More pointless stats to be used against the british motorist
I'm guessing this will be used to justify some sort of additional measures to stop more cars for little or no reason and try and extract more fines for other stuff.
I'm not condoning drink driving but I'm really starting to believe that the overall plan is to ban as many motorists as possible to reduce congestion that way.
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