Until May last year police regularly released the names of those convicted of drink-driving, but that stopped because of privacy and legal concerns. "But the best deterrent should be that if you drink and drive you risk harming yourself, your mates and others in the community." Chad Larkin, a street car racer from Missouri, and his wife Genny are accusing Jonathan 'JJ Da Boss' Day, the 45-year-old host of the Discovery Channel show, of inciting an assault against him. We would think that perhaps the implications of being caught drink-driving when it comes to your career or perhaps having your name published in the paper would be a deterrent. "Any alcohol and driving don't mix and we all know good people make bad decisions. We are still finding far too many," he said. "Despite the high levels of enforcement and accords in the community and everyone indicating they are over drink-drivers, people are still doing it. "The key issue in my mind on this 12 per cent is whether any of them have been given treatment opportunities."Ĭanterbury road policing manager Al Stewart said the list showed people were not getting the message about drink-driving. Repeat offenders were likely to be alcohol dependent, Sellman said. These drink-driving data confirm what is known elsewhere that although youth are in the minority of heavy drinkers overall, nevertheless they are causing a disproportionate amount of the harm." "About 10 per cent of the 700,000 heavy drinkers in New Zealand are teenagers. The number of drink-drivers under 20 was no surprise because teenagers made up about 20 per cent of those killed through acute alcohol deaths such as self-poisoning or in car crashes, Sellman said. "Just imagine if included all the people who are actually drunk and driving," he said. Sellman has criticised the Government's decision in July to not lower the drink-drive limit from 80 milligrams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood to 50mg. The director of the Christchurch-based National Addiction Centre, Doug Sellman, said the list reflected the "heavy drinking culture that currently flourishes in New Zealand". Twelve per cent of the total had committed three or more drink-driving offences.
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