Jack
16-06-10, 12:06 PM
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8742769.stm
Based on new research by the National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), Sir Peter said that as many as 168 lives - about 7% of UK road deaths - could be saved by a reduced drink-drive limit in the first year.
This could rise to as many as 303 lives by the sixth year, he said.
Aside from the point that "National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence" should be "NIHCE" lol, how does a lowering of the limit translate to lower drink drive deaths?
Surely if someone is going to crash, they'll do it no matter what the limit is... The only way you can give a statistic like that is that if police pull over someone who is (for example) 65mg over the limit, let them go for still being legal, then they went on to crash and kill someone.
Gotta love out of the hat statistics :roll:
Based on new research by the National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), Sir Peter said that as many as 168 lives - about 7% of UK road deaths - could be saved by a reduced drink-drive limit in the first year.
This could rise to as many as 303 lives by the sixth year, he said.
Aside from the point that "National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence" should be "NIHCE" lol, how does a lowering of the limit translate to lower drink drive deaths?
Surely if someone is going to crash, they'll do it no matter what the limit is... The only way you can give a statistic like that is that if police pull over someone who is (for example) 65mg over the limit, let them go for still being legal, then they went on to crash and kill someone.
Gotta love out of the hat statistics :roll: