drink driving

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drink driving

in road traffic law, a convenient term often used to describe driving or attempting to drive while unfit through drink; being in charge of a vehicle while so unfit; driving while the proportion of alcohol in breath, blood or urine is over the prescribed limit. It attracts a compulsory period of disqualification of at least one year and a second offence within ten years will result in a ban from driving lasting for at least three years.

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EARLY 17 road traffic accidents a day are caused by drink driving, new data has revealed.

DRINK DRIVING ACCIDENTS CREEP UP; The number of accidents, and casualties, is rising again after years of decline

YOU would think that with much TV advertising showing the horrors and dire results of drink driving that prosecution figures would be going down.

Shock figures show drink driving continues to rise

Balance has lent its support to calls for MPs to reduce England's high drink driving limit, bringing the country into line with Scotland and the rest of Europe on 50mg.

North East drivers back calls to introduce lower drink drive limit; The North East public is backing calls from local alcohol office Balance for the UK to lower the drink drive limit

SOME two-thirds of motorists want to see the Government adopt a zero tolerance approach to drink driving.

Motorists favour drink-drive zero tolerance

A FOURTEEN-year-old child has been caught drink driving in the West Midlands.

Drink driver aged just 14; FIGURE HORRIFIES CAMPAIGMP AIGMP NERS

She said: "Drink driving ruins people's lives, it is total devastation for our family who now have been given a life sentence of living without our son, brother and grandson.

Grieving mum backs anti-drink drive campaign

This means that 15% of all fatalities in road accidents involved drink driving.

DRIVE TALK DRINK-DRIVE DEATHS ON THE RISE

Summary: ABU DHABI -- A survey conducted by 999 magazine of the Abu Dhabi Police reveals 90 per cent or nine out of ten residents consider drink driving as a road safety concern and nearly 50 per cent of the respondents considering it as a "widespread problem" in the country.

Drink driving a major concern

Campaign Against Drink Driving said: "It's one of the highest levels of intoxication known to us."

Five times drink limit

SCOTTISH doctors yesterday called for a cut in the drink driving limits to slash the death toll on the roads.

Call to cut drink limit for drivers

According to the Campaign Against Drink Driving (Cadd) any reduction in the limit would save thousands of lives.