Ms Moyagh Murdock:

We do not know the impact of the fact that many professional drivers did not take the chance at that level. The Senator is almost asking us to predict why someone was not killed in a crash. These lower levels are 20 mg to 50 mg. Maybe the figures are higher because younger people or non-professional drivers were involved in the incidents and were more likely to crash. We have not considered that data. We have not considered the characteristics of those individuals compared with those with a higher level of 51 mg to 80 mg. People were killed on the roads in incidents involving blood alcohol levels lower than 80 mg and our argument is that there should be no differentiation. We should not be telling one group of drivers that it is okay to drink and drive at that level and another group that it is not okay. It should not be okay for non-specified drivers to drink at that level if it is not okay for specified drivers. When would the discrimination stop? Exceptions will be made to allow some people-----