Sobering reality of drink driving - Road safety figures

DESPITE the dangers and the tragedies that can result, drinking and driving is still all too prevalent in Ireland. The latest figures from the Road Safety Authority show that a staggering number of motorists get behind the wheel after consuming alcohol.

Ten per cent of motorists have admitted to consuming alcohol before driving in the past 12 months, according to a survey of driver attitudes conducted on behalf of the RSA for the launch of its annual festive road safety campaign.

That is a sobering thought for us all concerning a practise that most of us would have considered had long gone from Irish society and was no longer tolerated here.