Ms Moyagh Murdock:

I think it is the most immediate at the moment, certainly, and every life saved is to be welcomed. If we could get this Bill through I believe there would be an immediate effect and we as the authority would immediately engage in an advertising campaign to educate people and ensure that everybody was aware of it. It would have an immediate effect on driver behaviour. I will go back to the small change in legislation for having a valid NCT. Overnight, we saw there was an immediate effect. In fact, it caused significant problems in the NCT network due to it trying to accommodate the demand by people to get their vehicles up to date. Likewise, I believe that people will accept the change in this legislation and that there is no grey area – that they cannot drink and drive – and they will change their behaviour.