What Penalty is High Enough to Stop Bermuda’s Drinking and Driving?
May 28th, 2008
The mad, hot days of summer are fast approaching and there is no doubt that alcohol will feature prominently in the social lives of a significant percentage of our island’s population.
Unfortunately, amidst all the revelry, too many of us choose to ignore the dangers of drinking and driving. According to the police, over 50 percent of road fatalities in the past five years were alcohol related. In 2007 alone, there were 280 arrests for impaired driving – half of which proved positive for alcohol, and a significant number of these alcohol-related arrests were involved in collisions. So far in 2008, over 50 people have been arrested for impaired driving and 60 accidents were reported last week alone.