Over 2 years ago the government was passing legislation and Labour tried to amend it to lower the drink drive limit from 80mg to 50mg in line with most other countries.
Never one to affect the booze barons’ profits too much, National voted it down.
They dithered and decided that, despite plenty of research on how the higher alcohol limit cost lives (as many as 30 per year), that they needed their own research before doing anything.
Kicked out to the long grass, people kept dying.
Last month Iain Lees-Galloway (or The Notorious ILG as he was christened at the Labour conference) had a private member’s bill drawn aiming to do exactly the same thing.
Faced with the prospect of Lees-Galloway getting the bill through without National Party support, National have finally resurrected their study and done something.
Their study shows that by their measurements at least 7 New Zealanders have died because of their dithering. 7 lives unfulfilled and families faced with unnecessary grief.
Disgraceful.
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