If you know they are going to drink, take the car keys away from them

IT SEEMS like every Monday morning in the papers we are reading out the death toll from that weekend’s road traffic accidents.

Not just one fatality, but four or five at a time. And as you pointed out (Irish Examiner, July 7) a majority of the fatalities were in 20-25 year age group and the accidents occurred between 11am and 4pm. I would be much more interested in statistics telling me the blood-alcohol level of drivers in these fatal crashes, or if any traces of illegal drugs were found in their bloodstream.

Another important factor is the location of the crash. How often do we hear the newscaster say “the crash occurred on a lonely stretch of road”.