Kerry Council Slammed For Drink-Driving Vote (Ireland)

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Sky News

Kerry Council Slammed For Drink-Driving Vote
Sky News – 25 minutes ago.. .

An Irish council that voted to allow drink-driving has been slammed for dragging the country back to "a darker day".

Road safety chiefs attacked Kerry councillors' "unthinkable" backing for special permits to excuse rural dwellers from nationwide drink-driving limits.

Noel Brett, chief executive of the Road Safety Authority , said the scientific and medical evidence proving that alcohol impairs driving is irrefutable.

"On that basis it is unthinkable that we would go back to a system that sought to increase our drink-drive limit," he said.

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[neffernin]

1. Score!

Nothing is better for ridding one's nation from the image of being a bunch of alcholics than passing measures to allow drunk driving.

[zipplewrath]

2. What limit?

I'm not familiar with what the limits are. If they are like the 0.08 in the US, that's pretty low. I could see this proposal for say 0.12 and less than 30 mph.