Safer Journeys Road Safety Strategy

We support the Ministry of Transport in their identification of alcohol/drug impaired driving as an area of high concern for road safety.  The Drug Foundation acknowledges that the statistics around drug and alcohol related road injuries and fatalities in New Zealand are unacceptably high and that further initiatives need to be implemented to address our drug and alcohol related road toll.

Our comments focus on:

• reducing the adult and youth blood alcohol concentration (BAC) limit

• introduction of infringement penalities

• informing New Zealanders on the impact of alcohol and drugs on driving

• alcohol interlocks

• roadside drug testing.