Families whose lives have been ruined by drink and drug driving have called on the government to reduce the legal alcohol limit to zero.
The message comes on the same day a Bellshill man received a six year sentence for killing a mother of two while more than twice the legal limit.
For the past five years Michelle Sneddon has been living with the tragic consequences of drink and drug driving. One Sunday morning in 2004 her son Ross was killed along with two other people after being struck by a car driven at high speed. The driver was high on drugs and alcohol.
She said: "There is not a day goes by where I don't think about what happened and what it would be like with Ross still here, his first girlfriend, his wedding, first children, I'll never get that any more."
"It's horrific, it breaks my heart every day."
Every week eight people are killed on Britain's roads by drunk drivers. A fresh reminder of that human cost is the six year sentence handed out to Robert Park at the High Court in Edinburgh for killing mother of two Stacey Muldoon.
Park, 22, was more than twice the legal limit when his car hit a lamp post on the B7078 road at Larkhall in July 2008. He was also under the influence of diazepam, a sedative drug, and had never held a driving licence.
Miss Muldoon, 23, who one of the passengers in his car, died after she suffered neck and chest injuries and huge blood loss following the smash.
Park, from Bellshill, was told by the judge that he would have been sentenced to nine years imprisonment had he not pled guilty.
The sentence came on the same day road safety week was launched, with Michelle Sneddon joining other affected families to call on the government to reduce the drink drive limit to zero.
Fraser Simpson from road safety organisation Brake said: "It's the only message that can be passed out there, to avoid confusion, avoid lack of clarity. If you are going to drive, do not allow a drop of alcohol to pass your lips, not a drop, not a drag of any illegal drug or substance.
"It's the only safe message to send out."
That message is being aimed particularly at younger drivers.
Last updated: 24 November 2009, 19:27
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