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Convicted drug driver Peter Drinnan -
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Drinking and driving is unacceptable in New Zzealand
society- legally, morally - in every way.
Everyone knows it, but when it comes to driving under the influence
of drugs New Zealanders are turning a blind eye but this is
dangerous.
Police turned a blind eye when they released Peter Drinnan, a man
they knew was a drug addict and had seemed to have been on
something. B
But still they handed him back his car keys, a fatal decisionn
as shortly afterwards, Drinnan drove his car over the white line
and smashed head on into 83-year-old grandfather Norman
Luscombe.
Drinnan's been jailed for six years but that is of little comfort
to the Luscombe family.
Close Up has the story and then an interview with Rachael Ford
from Candor - Campaign Against Drugs on Roads - and Transport
Minister Steven Joyce.
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