The Institute of Advanced Motoring (IAM) has called for authorities to make drink-driving enforcement a top priority after the latest road casualty figures revealed an increase in drink related deaths and injuries.
The figures show that there was a 12% increase in the number of people killed in drink-drive accidents in 2011 compared to 2010. However, in the same year, the number of convictions for drink-driving fell to 54,900 from 58,700 in 2010, a decrease of 3,800.
IAM chief executive Simon Best said: “With fewer traffic police on the road, fewer convictions and more deaths, it is clear that it’s not just Scotland that needs to have a broad debate on drink-driving.
“With ‘beat the breathalyser’ pills legally on sale in the UK and the disproportionate number of younger drink-drivers, I’m worried that drink-driving may be losing its stigma.
"We must act now to stop last year’s increase becoming a trend through the use of higher profile drink-driving campaigns - and not just at Christmas - backed up with enforcement targeting those drivers who cause death and injury.”
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