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| Unipower 1966 (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
It wasn’t until 1966 that drivers became subject to the laws
of drink driving. With the introduction of the new Road Safety Bill at the
start of the year, vehicle owners were capped from driving if there was 80mg
of alcohol in 100cc of their blood. This was calculated through a urine test.
The enforcement was part of the government's wider campaign to remind people to
take more care on the roads and be mindful of the safety of nearby pedestrians.
It took another year for the breathalyser test to come into force giving police
the means to discern data from a suspect there and then at the roadside. The
imitative helped decrease the percentage of road traffic accidents where
alcohol had been a factor from 25% to 15% in the first year. There were 1,152 fewer
recorded deaths, 11,177 fewer serious injuries and 28,130 fewer slight injuries
caused by road traffic accidents.
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