Government's Response to the North reports on drink and drug driving

This is a link to the Government's response to the independent report on drink and drug driving in Great Britain commissioned by the previous Government from Sir Peter North in December 2009.

The response confirmed their strategy is to focus resources and any legislative changes on measures which will have the most impact in reducing dangerous behaviours. There are therefore two main priorities to continue the successful abatement of drink-driving and achieve similar success against drug-driving:

• to give the police effective tools to identify and proceed against drug-drivers;
• to streamline the enforcement process for drink and drug driving to ensure the most efficient use of police and other enforcement resources.

For the full response on the DfT website click here...

source: DfT