Lifestyle Economics

Scotland’s experiment with a lower drink driving limit has failed


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Christopher Snowdon writes for The Critic

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Christopher Snowdon writes for City AM

IEA Head of Lifestyle Economics, Christopher Snowdon, has written for City AM on Scotland’s failed experiment with a lower drink driving limit. Evidence suggests that despite the hope of reducing drink driving accidents, the lower limit was not associated with a decline in road traffic accidents. Instead, the policy damaged the pub trade.

Christopher said: “The drink-driving policy is another example of politicians going after soft targets with grandstanding legislation rather than enforcing the laws that already exist“.

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