Educational programmes aimed mainly at school students appear to have helped change the attitudes of many young people towards drink driving. Groups like MADD (mothers against drunk driving) are well supported in schools, and many people are now prepared to use a cab or a designated sober driver when they go out on a drinking spree or partying. Graphic television commercials depicting the gruesome consequences of drinking and driving are broadcast daily, and have hopefully

Under current laws, over twenty year olds on a full license can have a blood alcohol level of eighty milligrams per hundred millilitres of blood. However, how much an individual can drink and safely drive depends on such factors as their size, age, weight and metabolism. For this reason, many would argue that the only safe limit is zero. Another issue that is often debated is the need for stiffer penalties. In view of the fact that existing laws can already lead to an offender being fined, losing their license, being put on Community Service or Periodic Detention, having their car impounded, or even being imprisoned, I would suggest that the laws are already adequate, and that it is up to the Courts to impose stiffer penalties. Lastly, the age at which you can buy alcohol or go for your driver’s license is considered by many to be too low. Since so many road accidents are caused by drivers under twenty-one years old who have been drinking, why not take them off the road all together?

Many would argue that it is unfair to target the younger drivers and those who enjoy an occasional social drink. For many the issue is not the road toll, but the right to liv

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