1 / 21

The Glasgow Drink Drive Offender Programme

The Glasgow Drink Drive Offender Programme. The British Drink-Drive Limit. A breath alcohol concentration (BrAC) of 35 micrograms per 100 millilitres of blood A blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of 80 milligrams per 100 millilitres of blood. European Drink-Drive Limits.

locke
Download Presentation

The Glasgow Drink Drive Offender Programme

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. The Glasgow Drink Drive Offender Programme

  2. The British Drink-Drive Limit • A breath alcohol concentration (BrAC) of 35 micrograms per 100 millilitres of blood • A blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of 80 milligrams per 100 millilitres of blood

  3. European Drink-Drive Limits • Austria BAC 80mg/100ml • Denmark BAC 80mg/100ml • Germany BAC 80mg/100ml • Italy BAC 80mg/100ml • Spain BAC 80mg/100ml • France BAC 50mg/100ml • Netherlands BAC 50mg/100ml • Sweden BAC 20mg/100ml

  4. Drink-Drive Performance • A statistically significant performance impairment can be shown in laboratory tasks at blood alcohol concentrations of 20 milligrams per 100 millilitres of blood

  5. The British Drink-Drive Problem 2002 • 560 (p) people killed • 2,800(p) seriously injured • Over 20,000 casualties • 7% of all road casualties and 15% of all deaths due to driving over the legal limit

  6. Rehabilitation Courses for Drink-Drivers • The Road Traffic Act 1991 allowed certain (‘experimental’) courts to offer drink-drive offenders the opportunity of attending a rehabilitation course with the benefit of a reduction in their ban of up to 25%

  7. The Transport Research Laboratory • Has monitored the effect of the Rehabilitation Courses for Drink-Drivers since 1993 • At 36 months the re-offending rate of those who did not attend a course (9.6%) was almost three times the rate of those who did attend a course (3.4%)

  8. The Transport Research Laboratory • At 60 months after sentencing 9.8% of non course attendees had re-offended compared to 3.6% of drink drive rehabilitation course attenders • At 72 months after sentencing 17.9% of non course attendees had re-offended compared to 7.6% of drink drive rehabilitation course attenders

  9. High Risk Offenders ARE THOSE DRINK-DRIVERS • Who had a BAC in excess of 200mg/100ml • Who refused to provide an evidential specimen • Who have been disqualified twice for drink-driving within a 10 year period • 30-40 % of Drink-Drivers in Britain are High Risk Offenders • 30% of Rehabilitation course attenders were High Risk Offenders • High Risk Offenders also require to satisfy the Medical Advisor at the DVLA that they do not have a drink problem and that they are fit to drive before their licences are returned

  10. The Glasgow Drink-Drive Offender Programme JANUARY 1998 TO MARCH 2004 • 662 referrals • 32 Programmes completed • 248 offenders started the programme • 247 offenders completed the programme

  11. The Glasgow Drink-Drive Offender Programme AIM OF COURSE • To raise awareness of the risks and consequences of drinking and driving through education and discussion

  12. The Glasgow Drink-Drive Offender Programme COURSE FORMAT • Interactive groupwork, requiring active participation • Invited external speakers

  13. The Glasgow Drink-Drive Offender Programme COURSE INFORMATION • Held on Saturdays for four consecutive four hour sessions, with comfort breaks • Total of 16 hours attendance

  14. The Glasgow Drink-Drive Offender Programme COURSE REQUIREMENTS • Fees paid in advance/ instalments • Minimum of six offenders • Maximum of ten offenders • Offender attends and actively participates

  15. Programme Content • Introduction to the Programme • Alcohol the substance • Why am I here? • Alcohol and driving • The offence • Attitudes to drink-driving

  16. Programme Content • Drink-driving accidents and fatalities • Avoiding drink-driving • The consequences of being a convicted drink-driver • Deterrent options • Re-offending • Programme Review

  17. External Speakers • Accident and Emergency Consultant-Glasgow Royal Infirmary • Road Traffic Safety Officer-Glasgow City Council • Police-Traffic Education and Support Team • Victim of Drink-Driving

  18. The Glasgow Drink Drive Offender Programme SUCCESFUL COMPLETION • Total attendance • Payment of fees • Compliance with organiser’s reasonable requests

  19. The Glasgow Drink Drive Offender Programme COURSE COMPLETION • Certificate of Completion issued to present to the Court • Court informs DVLA of reduced disqualification period

  20. The Glasgow Drink-Drive Offender Programme • Offender feedback • Little knowledge of alcohol • No concept of the drink drive limit • No understanding of the risks of drink driving

  21. The Glasgow Drink-Drive Offender Programme OFFENDER FEEDBACK • ‘ I have enjoyed the programme and found it very informative. With the knowledge I now have I will not drink drive again’

More Related