ConsultationsCONSULTATION ON THE DRINK DRIVING LIMIT IN NORTHERN IRELAND, PENALTIES AND POLICE POWERS TO DETECT DRINK DRIVERS
The Department invites your views on a range of proposed measures aimed at deterring people from drinking and driving. The current legal blood alcohol content limit applicable to all drivers in Northern Ireland is 80mg of alcohol per 100ml of blood. The penalties for exceeding this limit range from a minimum 12 month driving disqualification up to 14 years imprisonment and unlimited fines. There are higher penalties for high risk offenders.
The consultation paper assesses the impact of drinking and driving, both in terms of the effect of alcohol on driving ability and the deaths and injuries caused by drink driving in Northern Ireland. It considers the need for change, reports on the outcomes of alternative approaches in other jurisdictions and proposes changes to our current legislation to tackle our problems.
The consultation paper and associated documents can be found by clicking on the link below. If the papers are not in a format that suits your needs, please contact Emma Roddy (details below) and she can arrange for them to be provided in a suitable format.
Responses should be received no later than 31 July 2009 and may be sent in any of the following ways:-
Emma Roddy
Road Safety Policy Branch Road Safety Division Department of the Environment Clarence Court 10-18 Adelaide Street Belfast BT2 8GB By e-mail:drinkdrive@doeni.gov.uk Textphone:028 9054 0642 When responding, please indicate whether you are responding as an individual or representing the views of an organisation. If responding on behalf of an organisation, please make it clear who the organisation represents, and where applicable, how the views of members were assembled. Document index:
Covering Letter
Annex G – Response Form (secure online response form)
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