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Originally Posted by burn_this_city
I support this, it's been effective in BC on cutting down the deaths from drunk drivers.
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http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/britis...aths-down.html
Deaths from impaired driving in B.C. have been cut in half since new drinking-driving regulations took effect last fall, says provincial Attorney General Barry Penner.
Penner said 22 people have been killed since the law was changed in September, while the five-year average for that period had been 45 deaths.
He said there's also been a drop during that period of between 75 and 80 per cent in the number of drinking and driving criminal charges laid.
The attorney general called it, "a pretty dramatic shift in public behaviour."
Deaths aside (which sounds a bit callous) I'd imagine that it's also lowered other shenanigans like injuries due to (partially?) drunk driving, property damage, insurance rates, legal costs/fees, etc.