標題: Revision of tough drinking and driving law shelved [打印本頁] 作者: tiffiant 時間: 2011-7-11 07:55 標題: Revision of tough drinking and driving law shelved
Revision of tough drinking and driving law shelved
Fatal car crashes involving booze have dropped
Tamara Slobogean Jul 11, 2011 06:40:03 AM
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VICTORIA (NEWS1130) - BC's tough drinking and driving law have been so effective according to the latest stats that the government will not consider easing up, as it once promised.
The goal was to reduce the number of drunk driving deaths by one-third over three years. According to new numbers from the BC government, fatal car crashes involving alcohol have dropped by half in the first seven months since the tougher law was introduced.
"Cabs are available to anybody who wants to have more than one glass of wine or more than a couple of beers. The price of a cab is far less than an impaired driving charge," says one Vancouver man who thinks the law is working.
Another woman who works in the restaurant business says the impact on owners wouldn't be so harsh if people had a guaranteed way of getting home.
The BC Restaurant and Food Association was promised a review of the harder rules. Association President Ian Tostenson tells the Globe and Mail that after further meetings with the government he has accepted the new law as the new reality作者: tiffiant 時間: 2011-7-11 07:57
