An email alert from the DSA confirming plans to “improve drink-drive rehabilitation”.
It’s actually the government, not specifically the DSA, who is doing this.
Road Safety Minister Stephen Hammond said:
“Most drivers are safe and responsible but there is a reckless minority who put lives in danger by drink driving and those drivers need to be tackled effectively.
“We are currently consulting on a package of tough measures to crack down on drink drivers, including removing their right to demand a blood or urine test. We also need to reduce the likelihood of re-offending, and providing all offenders with access to effective drink-drive rehabilitation courses is an important part of this.”
The way of reducing the likelihood of re-offending is to take their licences away permanently. That’s because most of them will re-offend – or just not get caught.
You can read the full report here.