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8 June 2008 |
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Sense on Drink-Driving
A personal view of the drink-driving issue in the UK
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This site strongly opposes and condemns DRUNKEN DRIVING and supports the UK 80 mg limit. Stay low - stay safe! |
Site Index
- The Dangers of Drinking and Driving
- Read This First!
- Why 50 mg Is Wrong
- Lowering the UK legal limit would do nothing to cut road deaths while putting thousands of pubs out of business. This page is especially vital now the government have decided to look again at slashing the limit
- The Facts About Drinking and Driving
- A copy of an official booklet from 1986 that deals with the issue in a much more honest and straightforward way than would be possible today
- Drink-Driving Guidelines
- What you need to know to stay within the legal limit
- Who are the High Risk Offenders?
- An in-depth look at the key issue in reducing drink-related road casualties
- The Soft Option
- Do high soft drink prices encourage drink-driving?
- Who'll Be Des?
- Can designated driver schemes achieve a major reduction in drink-driving?
- 80 mg Limit to Stay
- Sober reflections on the welcome news that the plan to reduce the UK drink-driving limit has been shelved for the foreseeable future
- Drink-Driving in Perspective
- Bringing a sense of proportion to the subject
- Would 50mg Work?
- How would a reduced drink-driving limit really influence driver behaviour, and what difference would it make to road casualties?
- Drink-Driving Law
- A summary of the current law relating to drink-driving in the UK
- Highway Code Changes
- Commentary on changes to the Highway Code currently being proposed by the Government
- About This Site
- Drink-Driving Links
- Specialist Solicitors
- Drink-Driving Links
Drink-Driving News
The latest developments surrounding the issue
News archive: 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999
Drink-Driving and Pubs
- Driven Away from Drink
- How the impact of the drink-driving issue has irrevocably changed the British pub
The End of the Road for the Pub?
- How would a cut in the drink-drive limit really affect pubs? Comments recently added on why the threat to pubs that failed to materialise in 1967 is all too real in 2007.
- The Dog That Didn't Bark
- How the silence of the Campaign for Real Ale on the drink-driving issue could have betrayed much of what the organisation had fought for
Case Studies
- The Thirteen-Pint Killer
- Peter Noble sank 13 pints, then got in his car and killed six people...Why did no one stop him?
- Can You Get Any Worse?
- Twice-banned Allan Jackson was high on cocaine and vodka and Red Bull when he mounted the pavement in a red light district to try to avoid the police, killing three female pedestrians
Contact Details
If you have any comments or questions on this website, please either fill in the form below or send me an e-mail.
I will attempt to answer genuine questions asked by private individuals. However, please note that, as this is not an official website, I am unable to send out copies of any literature or publicity material. Nor am I in a position to do television, radio or press interviews.
I am also not a qualified solicitor and cannot give legal advice on specific cases. There are links to some solicitors’ websites on the Links page.
If you would like any literature or publicity material about drink-driving, try contacting the Department for Transport, your local police force or your local council's road safety team.
Obviously a valid e-mail address is required if you would like a response to any comments or queries. Any abusive messages will be ignored.
Drunken driving is wrong - but so would be a reduction in the UK drink-driving limit