IT is nearly eight years since schoolgirl Jordan Bell died.
She was in collision with a car driven by a speeding driver who was just under the legal drink-drive limit.
Not a day goes by when Jordan’s devastated parents – Michelle and Steve – do not think of her, do not miss her, do not mourn for her.
Despite their grief, they lobbied the Government for a change in the drink drive limit – a campaign supported by the Gazette.
In a number of European countries, even as close as Scotland, the limit is 50mgs in 100mls of blood. Yet in England, it remains at 80mgs.
Evidence shows the lower the limit, the more lives are saved.
Groups, including the road safety charity, Brake, the AA and the RAC, back the change.
Even the high-profile North Review recommended the limit be lowered and yet still the Government refuses to implement the change.
Maybe it doesn’t want to alienate any members of the electorate before the EU referendum.
But it is the Government’s responsibility to protect its citizens and by failing to lower the drink-drive limit, it is failing in this duty.
Politics must be put to one side and the Government must be brave and change the law – before any more innocent lives are lost.
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