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Drink and drug driving law
Author: Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Transport Committee
language: en
Publisher: The Stationery Office
Release Date: 2010-12-02
18% of all drivers killed in road accidents are over the drink-drive limit (In 2007, based on coroners' data.) but only approximately 3% of drivers in the UK are stopped and tested for alcohol compared to the European average of 16%.. This report calls for the police to be given an additional power to permit preliminary breath tests as part of any designated drink drive enforcement operation. Currently, the police may stop any vehicle but can only test the driver's breath if there is an element of suspicion. There is concern that a reduction in the blood alcohol concentration limit would send out mixed messages but that the aimed for effectively zero limit is too great a step at present. Instead, concentration should be on stricter enforcement of the current limit and public education. It is felt that the success of Great Britain's drink driving policy to date is largely attributable to the deterrent effect of the current 12-month mandatory disqualification penalty and the Committee supports retaining that penalty. The committee also calls for the improvement of the detection of drug driving and to strengthen public perception about the likelihood of drug drivers being caught by the police. The Government's commitment to install drug screening devices in every police station by 2012 is welcomed though this interim measure should not eclipse the Government's aim over the medium-term to develop and type-approve a drug screening device for use at the roadside, drawing on relevant experience of doing this in the other parts of the world
Ghosts In The Machine
Just promoted to the Board of Customs & Excise, Nick Storey is asked to help a Metropolitan Police enquiry into illegal arms sales to Morocco. Military hardware for "rockhopper" missiles misdescribed as telephonic equipment and destined for Morocco has been seized at Avonmouth. The exporters claim that they had Ministry of Defence approval, which the Ministry denies. Investigating a series of exports by British arms manufacturers indicates a pattern of implausible exports. The evidence increases after Nick arranges for a large cargo ship to be detained at Southampton. But as the net closes in on those involved in "Operation Ghost Sands", Nick, Rosemary and one of their daughters are targeted and even the outcome smells of rotten fish. "Ghosts in the machine" is the twenty-first book in a series of detective stories set in HM Customs & Excise, by Richard Hernaman Allen, a former Commissioner.
Secrets of the Past & Murder
Sally Cameron, an attractive willowy blond federal attorney, receives a mysterious telephone call late in the middle of the night from a distraught dear old aunt in Regina. She’s about to be arrested and needs help. The case has something to do with blackmail and the killings of two young girls believed to be prostitutes. Confused, Sally flies out the next day. But to her surprise, she discovers that her uncle doesn’t want her help—and in fact, he wants her to leave. With nowhere to go, she joins forces with a handsome Indigenous journalist who comes to her aid. Together, they must solve the murders as the threat of blackmail and dark family secrets swirl around them. Will Sally solve the case before she becomes the murderer’s next victim?