Minister urged to Campaign against Booser-Cruisers

White Ribbon, Volume 32, Issue 8, 1 December 1960, Page 10

Minister urged to Campaign against Booser-Cruisers

The tol'owiug letter was written to the Editor of the Kvening IV> t, England Sir, I am delighted that, at last <i Minister of Transport has nailed drink to the wall as an indisputable cans*- oi slaughter on the roads The evidence against drinking has been reduced to concrete figures by the Road Research Laboratory, who have established that, in 56 per cent of the 161 death crashes last Christmas, one oi more of the persons involved had been drinking alcohol not long be oic The driver who drinks alcohol has an in built resistance to the arguments against hi* anti-social indulgence. ’ You have probably heard these remarks before, “D<* you know. I actually drive better with a couple of drinks on board.' and “When I know I have had enough, it makes me extra careful.’ These remarks are usually made by drink-ha/ed motorists ju*t before they climb into their cars and carve somebody up It I* hoped the Fransport Minister launches a campaign of legislation against the looser cruiser type of driver, which will treat him as the murderous irresponsible that he i* If I sound biased, I am in favour of the rest of us staying alive T I C NICHOLSON, M ajoi R \S l (Ket ) (Contributed)