That this meeting of RCN Congress urges Council to lobby for legislation which reduces to zero the permissible level of alcohol intake before driving.
As statistics show an increasing number of deaths or serious injuries related to drink-driving incidents, Carol Evans from the Cambridgeshire branch urged members to consider the need to change the law to reduce the permissible level of alcohol intake before driving to zero. She highlighted the public’s confusion surrounding the number of units currently allowed but noted that most people choose their drink not based on units but rather on colour, price and taste.
The resolution was seconded by Andy Frazer from the RCN Emergency Care Association who told members that in his work he had seen the results of many drink driving incidents. “You wouldn’t drink two pints of beer before going to work?” he asked Congress delegates, “a car is potentially a lethal weapon,” he warned. . . . . .
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