FED: 34 per cent of motorists admit to drink driving

AAP General News (Australia)
08-20-2008
FED: 34 per cent of motorists admit to drink driving

The don't drink and drive message doesn't appear to be getting through .. with more
than a third of motorists admitting to driving while they're drunk.

The 2008 AAMI Crash Index also shows nine per cent of motorists believe alcohol was
a factor in a crash in which they were involved.

34 per cent of those surveyed admit to driving when they've knowingly breached the
point-05 legal blood alcohol limit.

AAMI public affairs manager GEOFF HUGHES says the willingness to get behind the wheel
.. when all the signs say you shouldn't .. suggests some drivers are either ignorant of
the law .. or just plain stupid.

The survey found drivers in the Northern Territory are most likely to crash while over
the limit .. with 13 per cent of accidents in the Top End attributed to alcohol.

At the other end .. just six per cent of accidents in the ACT are alcohol-related.

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