{"id":749,"date":"2013-01-22T22:23:59","date_gmt":"2013-01-22T21:23:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/injury-prevention\/?p=749"},"modified":"2013-01-22T22:23:59","modified_gmt":"2013-01-22T21:23:59","slug":"irish-county-councilors-support-drink-driving-in-moderation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/injury-prevention\/2013\/01\/22\/irish-county-councilors-support-drink-driving-in-moderation\/","title":{"rendered":"Irish county councilors support drink-driving \u2018in moderation\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brian Johnston noticed this item in a website describing a decision by county councilors in Kerry, Ireland to allow residents of their area to drive after \u2018two or three\u2019 drinks. The motion calls on the Minister for Justice to enable police \u201cto issue permits to people in the most isolated parts of the country to allow them to drive after drinking some alcohol.\u201d The idea was to help people who are isolated and \u201cwho end up at home looking at the four walls, night in and night out, because they don\u2019t want to take the risk of losing their licence\u201d. The \u201creasoning\u201d continued \u201c\u2026on the roads I\u2019m talking about, you couldn\u2019t do any more than 20 or 30 miles per hour and it\u2019s not a big deal.\u201d It goes on: \u201c\u2026 (those) being isolated at present, all the wisdom and all the wit and all the culture that they had, the music and the singing, that\u2019s all being lost to the younger generation because these older people might as well be living in Japan and Jerusalem because the younger generation don\u2019t see them at all anymore.\u201d Apart from this seemingly bizarre reason, it is ironic that the report goes on to note that the fatality rate on Irish roads have fallen over the past five years with the introduction of lower alcohol limits for drivers and alcohol checkpoints. It is also noteworthy that a link at the bottom of the report takes the reader to a site showing that 13% of Irish drivers have travelled over the blood alcohol limit. So i have no difficulty pronouncing this proposal ‘daft’. The only question that remains is – what prompted our editor to visit this website?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Brian Johnston noticed this item in a website describing a decision by county councilors in Kerry, Ireland to allow residents of their area to drive after \u2018two or three\u2019 drinks. The motion calls on the Minister for Justice to enable police \u201cto issue permits to people in the most isolated parts of the country to […]<\/p>\n

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