State of road safety emergency ignored

The alleged unlicensed drug driver and P user, whose lunatic driving led to other motorists boxing her in on the Johnsonville off ramp, was unsurprisingly undeterred by the ultra low drug driving enforcement level.

Only 50 drivers out of approximately 80,000 have been charged with drug-driving since compulsory impairment tests came into effect on November 1. Only fifteen have been convicted and sentenced.

"It's a joke against what other countries achieve - in 2008 the Germans arrested 35,000 for drug driving. No wonder the involvement of P in fatalities has doubled in short time - the big brother cannabis killer has a new bedpal, putting drivers to sleep or psychosis at the wheel".

Drivers at low alcohol levels, who are not engaging in lunatic driving that massively impacts on crash rates, like that of cannabis, P and illicit benzodiazepine drivers, are clearly the wrong target.

The campaign to lower the alcohol limit, for meagre predicted results, is a short sighted slap in the face of the multitude recidivist drink and drug driver's victims, for whom the Government lacks the guts to offer the protections found in civilised societies.

"People have a false sense of security on NZ roads, unaware of the States high degree of negligence by it's tokenistic drug driving activity. Drug drivers should be Police's concern just as much as drunks, but they only arrive when someone is equal to twice the limit in impairment and usually too late".

National should bite the cannabis bullet; introduce random drug testing, a strict IID and car seizure program. If incorrigible people still insist on harming driving unfit or unlicensed then offer them preventive detention, say Candor Trust.

Anything less to address rampant pre-homicidal activity would suggest the Government does not really believe the message of it's latest ad campaign, that impaired drivers are criminals. Clamp them.

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