MADD Fredericton pleased with provincial crackdown
Last Updated: Friday, February 23, 2007 | 11:18 AM AT
CBC News
The Fredericton chapter of Mothers Against Drunk Driving is pleased with new legislation that will crack down on impaired drivers.
One of the new rules announced will see drivers caught with a blood alcohol level of over 0.08 lose their licences immediately. Offenders will be suspended from driving for 90 days, without having their case go through the court system.
Public Safety Minister John Foran announced the crackdown in the legislature Thursday with amendments to the Motor Vehicle Act.
"The amendments to the act will place more responsibility on motorists and provide police officers [with] the necessary authority to help reduce the number of violations and impaired drivers on New Brunswick highways," he said.
MADD chapter president Michelle Doiron applauds the crackdown, but says she would like to see even tougher restrictions, such as lowering the legal limit to drive.
"I would like to see zero tolerance," Doiron said. "Impaired driving is 100 per cent preventable. It's based on responsibility. If you're going to be responsible enough to drink, you should be responsible enough not to drive."
Doiron says the new rules should improve New Brunswick's rating on the national MADD Report Card. Its most recent one gave the province the worst score on dealing with impaired driving.
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