Anna Sandiford • Feb 03, 2013 •
It’s always struck me as a bit odd, the disparity between the NZ drug driving law and the drink driving law. My non-lawyer’s view is that drug driving law stipulates that a person is guilty of the office if their blood contains evidence of a qualifying drug. This means that if even a small amount (read more) … Read More
Anna Sandiford • Nov 25, 2010 •
“Why haven’t we got a testing device that can screen breath samples for drugs in the same way we can test for alcohol?” As an alcohol/drink-driving calculation expert I get asked this question quite a lot. The assumption is made that because we can test for alcohol in breath then it must be just as [...] … Read More
Anna Sandiford • Aug 02, 2010 •
After a brief airing on RadioLive this morning to talk about a recent press release regarding drug/drink driving statistics, I thought it pertinent to add a little something to clarify what I was saying (three minutes is not a long time to say what you need to say on an issue as big as this!). [...] … Read More
Jim McVeagh • Apr 10, 2010 •
Once more the media appear to be wading in to the campaign to lower the legal driving limit for blood alcohol to 0.05%. Strangely, they quote the recent spate of road traffic fatalities as if this somehow bolsters their argument. This is simply lazy journalism. There is plenty of evidence that lowering the legal Blood [...] Related posts: … Read More
Jim McVeagh • Sep 22, 2009 •
While no-one disputes that driving under the influence of the drug alcohol makes your driving worse, a new survey reports that people driving under the influence of cannabis say their driving is unaffected or even improved by cannabis. Unfortunately, this is simply not true. Although the dose of cannabis per smoke is variable, a single [...] … Read More