Should the drink drive limit be zero?

They are also highly sensitive to the atmosphere. Cigarette smoke and many other environmental gases can affect the readings.

This source is the most reliable because it does not favour a particular organisation. I am unsure about the validity of this source.

For the Drink Driving Limit Being Zero

• Social Issues

Drink driving causes an obscene amount of accidents, casualties and deaths. This has a big effect on society.

This table shows the about of casualties from 2000 – 2008:

The table shows that the most amount of casualties and deaths were in 2002 and the least amount of deaths and casualties were in 2008. The overall results show that the amount of deaths and casualties gradually decreased from the year 2002.  

This source is reliable because it is not biased. It is also valid because the webpage was last modified annually from 2000.

• Economic issues

Not only do drink drivers risk killing and injuring people AND losing their license, they are at a massive financial disadvantage. If convicted, any car insurance will be limited. Also, criminals will have to pay a fine up to £5000.

Eric Appleby, chief executive of Alcohol Concern, said the government would have to increase spending on alcohol services from £100m to £300m.

This source in reliable because the BBC is an independent website and does not favour a particular website. This source is valid because the information was published in 2003 which was not that long ago.

This graph shows the amount of money spent on alcohol from 2000-2006:

The results show that each year there was an increase in how much alcohol was bought. The most popular type of alcohol was beer and the least popular were spirits. The percentage increase from 2000 to 2006 for beer was 12%. The percentage increase from 2000 to 2006 for spirits was 16%. The percentage increase from 2000 to 2006 for wine was 17%.

This source is reliable because the information is from an independent website. Also, it is the most valid because it was carried out in 2007.

• Environmental disadvantages

While drunk, many people tend to throw their beer cans or alcohol bottles outside of the car window. This has a huge impact on the environment. Plastic is made out of coal – a fossil fuel. Since fossil fuels are running out, this worries us because those cans could have been recycled.

Beer cans also affect animals. If a bird gets a plastic beer can holder over its beak it starves to death.

 

This source is reliable because it is a registered charity and is not biased. This website does not have a date for when it was published so it might not be valid.

Conclusion

As shown in source 2, which is the most reliable as it is not biased; breathalysers can also detect certain gases like cigarette smoke. This can accuse people guilty of a crime they have not committed.

However, based on my evidences and statistics, I think that the drink drive limit should be zero because of the enormous amount of casualties and accidents shown in source 3 which is very reliable and valid. Also, many people, some of which cannot afford to pay their bills, spend their money on beer and wine as my results show in source 5. Drink driving also causes many Environmental disadvantages like littering as source 6 states.

Overall I think we can conclude that drink driving has more disadvantages than advantages and the drink drive limit should be zero even though the blame of drink driving may be put on someone who is not guilty.

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1 = - THINK! 09/10 marketing strategy.

2  - Copyright 2010– drinkdriving.org

3   - Published 15 November 2000 - Modified annually.

4  - Friday, 19 September 2003, 12:16 GMT 13:16 UK

5   - Consumer trends – ONS 2007

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