as it stands now….19 yr olds must have no alcohol….but the day they turn twenty….they can kneck nine beers…
…and still legally drive off down the motorway…?
..how is this not utter madness…?
you’d have to be a serious/heavy/regular drinker …with a high tolerance…to even think about driving after nine beers…
so..why is the alcohol limit geared to those heavy drinkers…?
most people couldn’t drive safely on nine beers….
that key won’t see sense on this….just indicates how much the big booze-pushers have this govt in their pocket….
(keys’ excuse of ‘more research needed’…is absolute obfuscating-horse-shit…)
“…Prime Minister John Key says he wouldn’t have more than one wine or two beers before getting behind the wheel of his car …
… but he is standing by the decision not to reduce the current blood alcohol limit until more research is done.
Transport Minister Steven Joyce last week announced a zero limit for recidivist and young drivers …
… but said New Zealand-specific research over the next two years would look at the level of risk posed by drivers with a blood alcohol limit of between 0.05 and 0.08 (50mg-80mg).
During today’s post-Cabinet press conference, Mr Key was asked if he would do a test to see how many drinks he could consume and remain under the legal limit, after a newspaper staffer was able to drink nine beers and still legally be able to drive.
“No, because I need to run the country the next day and I’d be messy after nine beers,” he replied…”
(what further ‘research’…is needed….?
our roads are far worse than other countries with the lower limit…
our binge-drinking culture..is only strengthened/emphasised by our legal approval of knecking nine beers in one sitting….
….(and then hopping behind the wheel of a car…(!)..woo-hoo..!…eh…?
but the strongest argument…is that most of us couldn’t drive after nine beers….
..so it is ..again..’utter madness’… to have the alcohol/safe-driving limit set to that ridiculously high level…
…key/national are totally swimming against the tide on this one…..(as they seem to be on quite a few fronts….eh…?)
..the mood of the country is for a tightening up on booze….on multiple fronts….
..you could almost see a prohibitionist party cracking 5%…
go to source/story>>>I wouldn’t drive on more than one wine – PM – National – NZ Herald News
