Government must act now on breath-test for all drivers in collisions

THE recent fallout from the Lisbon Treaty proves what we in the road safety group, PARC, have suspected for a long time, and that is that democracy in Ireland is in crisis.

Innocent people have been and are still being killed on our roads and many more have been and continue to be very seriously injured — yet many of those who have been responsible for their deaths and injuries may have been over the legal drink-drive limit but got away without being tested.

There is a simple explanation — we do not have compulsory testing of surviving drivers. Yet you are highly likely to be tested if you die in the collision.