You got it wrong on drink driving laws

LINKING the tragic deaths in rural Ireland of older people by suicide to a “new puritanism surrounding even the most restrained cases of drinking and driving” (Jan 28) is astonishing in its over simplicity.

Saving lives by lowering the drink drive limit is not incompatible with reducing loneliness or any of the other factors that play a role in suicide.

In relation to the editorial’s reference to “dismissive and sneering voices”, the most committed campaigners for the introduction of drink driving laws were people who had lost loved ones to drink drivers and never wanted to see another family endure that tragedy again.