law timeline relating to drink driving

Question 1

1925- what drink driving law was stated?

Answer 1

first law passed however it didn’t define drunk an dthere was no legal limit

Question 2

in what year did the road safety act first be intorduced- which also introduced breathalysers, and stated a blood alcholo limit of 80mg/100ml?

Answer 2

1967

Question 3

1971- statistics regarding drink driving?

Answer 3

55% of UK own a car
8 0 0 0 car related deaths

Question 4

in what year did causing death under the influence lead to a 5 year prision sentence?

Answer 4

1991

Question 5

2014- who campagined for the legal limit to be reduced and to what amount?

Answer 5

Uk charity Brake
80mg/ml - 20mg/ml

Question 6

in what year did a THINK! survey state that 91% agree that drink driving is unacceptable and 92% would be ashamed if they got caught?

Answer 6

2014

Question 7

2014- what was the prison sentence changed to for causing death while under the influence?

Answer 7

14 years