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We have not come as far as we think on drink driving
The drink driver is still with us. I wonder if we have been deluding ourselves a little bit about how much progress we really have made in road safety and to what extent Irish social values have moved.
We have not come as far as we think on drink driving
The drink driver is still with us. I wonder if we have been deluding ourselves a little bit about how much progress we really have made in road safety and to what extent Irish social values have moved.
Man jailed for driving while three times over limit and crashing
A Ballybane man who drove uninsured while more than three times over the blood alcohol limit and crashing his car causing injury to other road users has received a total of 14 months in jail and disqaulified from driving for five years.
Man jailed for driving while three times over limit and crashing
A Ballybane man who drove uninsured while more than three times over the blood alcohol limit and crashing his car causing injury to other road users has received a total of 14 months in jail and disqaulified from driving for five years.
Reduced drink driving limits now in effect
New drink driving laws came into effect at midnight on Thursday October 27, meaning a reduction in the drink drive limit — in line with European levels. The new laws will see a decrease from 80mg of alcohol per 100ml of blood to 50mg for all drivers, and from 80mg to 20mg for learner, newly qualified drivers (for a period of two years after passing the driving test), and professional drivers such as bus, goods vehicle, and public service vehicle drivers.
One in five travel with a drunk driver
Twenty per cent of respondents in an AA poll carried out this month admitted they have knowingly taken a lift from a driver they understood to be over the legal blood alcohol level (0.8 mg) within the last two years.
Mayo has highest number of alcohol-related deaths in the country
A report published by the Health Research Board this week into alcohol-related deaths and deaths among people who were alcohol dependent in Ireland during 2004 and 2008 has found that Mayo tops the polls in both categories.
Alcohol charity welcomes new drink driving legislation
Alcohol Action Ireland, the national charity for alcohol related issues, welcomed the passing of legislation this week lowering of the drink driving limit and allowing for mandatory alcohol testing in injury-related accidents.
Vintners’ federation accuses Government of destroying pub industry
The new drink driving legislation that passed through the Dáil this week lowering the legal alcohol limit from 80mg of alcohol per 100 ml blood, to 50mg of alcohol per 100ml of blood, will kill the pub industry according to the Vintners’ Federation of Ireland.
Drinking and driving is becoming a thing of the past
Driving and drinking is set to become a thing of the past in this country after the Dáil passed new legislation further lowering the drink driving limit this week.
