The drink-drive war is won!

[sil3nt]

Adult limit reduced too ...

No change to the adult limit from what i have read.

[jazfender]

ooh 12 months.

16 year olds are FAR more responsible than 15yos...

[FJRider]

No change to the adult limit from what i have read.

My mistake ... I got it wrong ... I must learn to read ...

[AllanB]

Won't make a lot of difference other that the driver being 100% piss free and the rest of the car load of kids being absolutely pickled.

[roy.nz]

Should be 18 to get your learners!!!!!!

Good on the zero limit.

[FJRider]

Won't make a lot of difference other that the driver being 100% piss free and the rest of the car load of kids being absolutely pickled.

BUT ... They WILL be a year OLDER ...

I heard the contract to issue licences was let to Sanitarium (Wheetbix) ... Kellogs (Cornflakes) had NOT met the new criteria required ...

so licences may be more expensive to buy ...

[StoneY]

I Disagree.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/new...-blitz-nets-49
http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/loca...n-police-blitz
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post...al-news/179901

That's at least 400 drunks over a three month period within the last 18 months. Get real.

Personally I'd like the drink-drive rules changed to ZERO alcohol.

Almost Riffer, its gonna be 0% for under 20's soon and blood levels may be reduced to .5 from .8

I think the cops are doing a great job on reducing the DIC rates keep it up Scumdog and co.

But it is far from won, look at the little wanker last Feb a bloke called Tim Hutchings wrote off my Legacy doing 140-160kmh in a 50k street in Wainuomata, drifting, on bald tyres and cut springs, 800hp turbo rotary illegally installed in his shitter, and ......600+mg of alch on his breath results
Age- 21

[Gubb]

I would like it to be more like Germany, were the penalties are so severe that people think twice about taking the risk.

Ever since they started using the death penalty in the good ol' US of A, there's been no murders!

Incredible.

[Genestho]

Almost Riffer, its gonna be 0% for under 20's soon and blood levels may be reduced to .5 from .8

I think the cops are doing a great job on reducing the DIC rates keep it up Scumdog and co.

But it is far from won, look at the little wanker last Feb a bloke called Tim Hutchings wrote off my Legacy doing 140-160kmh in a 50k street in Wainuomata, drifting, on bald tyres and cut springs, 800hp turbo rotary illegally installed in his shitter, and ......600+mg of alch on his breath results
Age- 21

I'd like to be optimistic but reality is, it'll never be won so long as youth are youth, simple as that.

And no - there won't be any reduction of *adult* alcohol limits, not until after research has been conducted - two years. From there who knows.

Agree or disagree - at this point; past and present data has clearly pointed to high risk road users and youth being the problem - not the majority of the population.

Glad to hear you're ok!

[Murray]

Ever since they started using the death penalty in the good ol' US of A, there's been no murders!

Incredible.

Yes but how many of those that have been tried, convicted and received the penaly done it again!!!!!

[warewolf]

YOUTH limit reduced .. to ZERO ....

What a crock. "Do as we say, not as we do." It would have more effect if the adult limit was brought down from the ridiculous 0.08 to the world-wide accepted standard of 0.05. Lead by example.

[p.dath]

ooh 12 months.

16 year olds are FAR more responsible than 15yos...

You mock it, but I believe the effect of the additional 12 months of brain development will make a difference. It's not just the responsibility issue, but the ability to consider the driving environment and make better decisions.

Plus the number of injuries in the 15 year old age bracket will now drop considerably ...

[jazfender]

You mock it, but I believe the effect of the additional 12 months of brain development will make a difference.

Well with logic, shouldn't the age be raised to the level of full brain development? And why would it not have been already if this was a major factor?

My expert googleresearch says:

"According to Ruben C. Gur, Ph.D., from the University of Pennsylvania, the human brain does not fully mature until age 21 or 22.

Read more: At What Age Is the Development of the Human Brain Complete? | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/facts_5817063_age-development-human-brain-complete_.html#ixzz1LcZSRbSM"

[scumdog]

Ever since they started using the death penalty in the good ol' US of A, there's been no murders!

Incredible.

Well they don't seem to have quite the same percentage of repeat murderers in action that they have had in NZ...

[Usarka]

You mock it, but I believe the effect of the additional 12 months of brain development will make a difference. It's not just the responsibility issue, but the ability to consider the driving environment and make better decisions.

There is absolutely no evidence that shows this will reduce crash stats rather than just shifting the age bracket up.