Drivers who drink and drive in any country are a menace and a grave danger. Most EU countries have dealt seriously with this problem.

In Canada ‘Mad Mothers Against Drunk Drivers’, a volunteer group of women who have lost a member of their family to a driver inebriated behind the wheel, banded together and forced the government to strengthen the laws against those who drink and drive.

In Australia, a country known for its love of a pint of beer, the government has practically eliminated drunk driving by imposing very heavy fines.

If a driver continues to be irresponsible, his car is impounded and they lose it and the privilege of driving forever.

Now this is something that Maltese and Gozitan drivers, in a nation where its citizens have a close relationship with their cars, could understand.

Having their car seized is far more effective than the government’s answer to this problem of having an expensive, glossy, taxpayer-funded advertising campaign which won’t work here anymore than it has anywhere else in the world.

Such a campaign will just let the government off the hook by appearing that they are at least doing something about it instead of having the courage of introducing tougher legislation which may, if passed, cost them votes.

However, having stronger laws is only part of the solution. They have to be enforced. How often do you see police pulling over cars for breathalyser tests or using radar guns for speeders?

You have to hit drunk drivers where it really hurts them – in their wallets.

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