The President of the National Assembly, Yaël Braun-Pivet, speaks out in favor of zero drink driving. Comments made in the context of the death of three police officers, killed by a drunk driver.
Will it ever be totally forbidden to drive after drinking? It is in any case what Yaël Braun-Pivet leans towards. The President of the National Assembly spoke on this subject on May 25. Remarks launched at the microphone of South Radioin the context of the deaths of three young police officers in the north last Sunday:
“I lived in a country, it was Japan, where there was zero drink driving. It was not 0.1 grams, 0.2 grams, but zero. You have a drink, you don’t drive. I think that when you’re driving a car and you’re either drunk or under the influence of narcotics, you’re dangerous because the car becomes a weapon. »
“You have to ask yourself the question. “Zero alcohol (in Japan) seemed to me to be something very clear for everyone and I can tell you that it was extremely well respected, because the penalties in front were very severe. “Zero alcohol, zero drugs, when you drive and if you drink, you walk home or you don’t. »
Police officers killed in the #Nord
@YaelBRAUNPIVET : “I think we have to ask ourselves the question of zero drink-driving”
— Sud Radio (@SudRadio) May 25, 2023
Zero drink driving, is it possible in reality?
However, this measure can come up against several barriers. First of all, Is the example of Japan the right one ? The people of the country are so low consumers of alcohol that the country’s government recently launched a campaign to promote… alcohol ! The goal is to stimulate sales of alcoholic beverages.
Maintaining zero alcohol is also difficult, without even consuming alcoholic beverages. So, fermented fruit may contain a small amount of alcohol. In the same way certain medications, which contain ethanol (or ethyl alcohol) as an excipient (substance entering into the composition of the drug).
It remains to be seen what will come out of these declarations. These remarks in any case echo those of Eric Ciotti, leader of LR, who demanded Tuesday, May 23 driving license cancellation for drug users.
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