Scoop Coverage: Drinking-Driving Policy 2010

Wednesday, 28 July 2010, 9:45 am
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Gordon Campbell: On The Despicable Decision On Alcohol Limits

Monday’s non-decision on the alcohol limit has underlined once again that the Key government is not interested in governing for the benefit of New Zealand – that process seems to scare it silly. Alcohol seems to bring out the worst in this tendency.

A few months ago it ruled out of hand any form of deterrence of alcohol consumption that was based on taxing alcohol. Yesterday, it ran away and hid from doing anything substantive about drink driving.

The upshot is that the permissible drink driving alcohol level will stay at 0.08 % of alcohol per 100 ml of blood. The only crackdown will be on easy targets like young drivers, and repeat offenders. Health groups have been understandably enraged. More>>

ALSO:

• Rory MacKinnon - PM Presser Audio
• NZ Govt - Tackling New Zealand’s Drink Driving Problem
• NZ Govt - Tougher Penalties For The Most Serious Crashes
• Labour - Government kicks drink drive issue for touch
• Greens - Norman Challenges Key To Save Lives
• Automobile Association - AA supports tougher driving penalties
• Alcohol Action NZ - Scandalous Alcohol Decision
• CrossRoads - CrossRoads congratulates Government for new rules
• Alcohol Healthwatch - 0.05 inaction a huge opportunity missed
• Bikers Against Drunk Drivers - Widow Welcomes Changes to Drink Drive Laws
• Students Against Driving Drunk - Zero BAC for young drivers good news for SADD
• NZ Centre For Political Research - Problem Or Fact Of Life?
• Motor Trade Association - BAC delay risking lives says MTA
• Candor Trust - National Road Safety Plan A+
• NZNO - ‘Wrong Decision’ On Drink-Drive Limit - NZNO
• TV3 Video - Govt still agonising over drink-drive limit - Govt 'gutless' for not changing drink drive limit
• NZ Police - Young people – make right decisions to keep safe
• NZ Police - Drugged driver and large drug seizure in one


• SciBlogs Out-Link - Wobbling into the road after a night at the pub…

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