Public ‘backs stiffer penalties for drink drivers’

STIFFER penalties to tackle drink drivers have massive public support, according to research out today.

More people want to see roadside breath testing stepped up than favoured such measures in a 2002 survey by the National Safety Council.

A spokesperson for the agency said: “It shows there is a huge appetite now among the public to see greater enforcement and stiffer penalties for people convicted of drink driving offences.”