Drink Driving (No.3)

EDM number 495 in 1990-91, proposed by Peter Bottomley on 18/02/1991.

That this House recognises that drink driving has fallen further, faster and more consistently in Britain than elsewhere; believes that available evidence does not support the belief that mass random testing would be helpful; calculates that at least 50 times as many tests would be needed to detect the numbers of illegal drink drivers caught under existing law; and supports practical methods to improve deterrence and detection such as greater use of targeted testing, suspension of the licence to drive on failing or refusing the evidential test, and inquiry by police and courts as to the drinking locations and companions of the illegal driver.

This motion has been signed by a total of 11 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.