Big Drop In Drink Drive Deaths

Friday, 3. September 2010

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The Government has revealed that drink drive deaths dropped by 5% last year from 400 in 2008 to 380 in 2009. Has the message finally started to get through? Or could it be that last year we were in the grip of a recession and people couldn’t afford the booze or if they did they didn’t go out they simply stayed in and drank indoors? Hopefully it’s because people understand the need to not drink and drive. Serious injured casualties, resulting from drink driving, fell also from 1,620 to 1,480. Overall drink and drive accidents fell by 7% from 8,620 to 8,050. The signs are good but are they indicative of common sense or lack of money. What do you think? By Graham Hill