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The President of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT), Paul Mallee, has reiterated his support for the proposed reduction in the drink driving limit for commercial drivers to 20mg/mls following publication of a new report from the European Transport Safety Council (ETSC) that recommended a series of measures to be applied to professional drivers.
Mr Mallee said that while commercial drivers were statistically less likely to drink drive than ordinary motorists, it was important that an effective zero tolerance approach was adopted given the size and scale of their goods and vehicles.
Mr Mallee said the proposed reduction was an important part of the Road Traffic Bill that is currently proceeding through the Oireachtas including the wider reduction in the drink driving limit for all motorists, and which the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport fully supports.
Mr Mallee commented, “The lowering of the drink-driving limit is an important and much-needed public safety measure that would bring Ireland into line with the overwhelming majority of EU countries. As an international organization (CILT has over 30,000 members worldwide), we believe that alignment with our European neighbours in applying similar maximum permitted limits will reduce the road traffic accidents caused by excessive alcohol consumption as evidenced in other countries.
“In this regard, I wholeheartedly support the proposals contained in the ETSC’s new report Drink Driving in Commercial Transport that recommends a series of more stringent measures to be applied to commercial drivers. While professionals are less likely to be involved in accidents, when they do occur fatalities are likely given the average size of commercial vehicles.
“Our Institute has both a professional and personal interest in improving road safety standards in what ever way practicable, and I hope theses aspects of the Road Traffic Bill will receive all party support in the Oireachtas.”
(Source: Transport Weekly)
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