DEFINING DRUNKENNESS.
BRITISH VIEWPOINT. A definition of drunkenness as applied to a driver has been approved by the Royal Commission on Transport which has just announced its findings.- in Great Britain. In New Zealand the motorist is convicted for a “ state of intoxication,” a condition which may be far from drunkenness, although sufficient to make the vehicle a source of danger. The British law still irfsists on drunkenness to a degree which would result in arrest if the man were a pedestrian. The Royal Commission wishes to follow the New Zealand lead, and it suggests that the offence should depend on the degree to Which the motorist’s capacity is influenced by drink. The definition approved by the Commission is as follows : “ Any person found when driving or attempting to drive a mechanically-propelled vehi- \ cle to be so under' the influence of drink or drugs as to be incapable of I having proper control of the vehicle.”
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Putaruru Press, Volume VII, Issue 313, 7 November 1929, Page 7
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