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Advocating for increased awarness of drink and drug driving. Q1) Drink and Drug
driving appears to be an ongoing concern on Sydney's Northern Beaches. ...
Submitted by wallis maximus on December 21, 2007
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Q1) Drink and Drug driving appears to be an ongoing concern on Sydney's Northern Beaches. Over the past few years there are statistics available that directly identify drink driving in particular as a an issue that concerns the entire community, including police and manly court magistrates.
In fact in 2002 crime and safety surveys conducted by the Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research showed Northern beaches residents identified dangerous drink driving as one of the most serious neighborhood crime problems(Manly Local Council;2002).
Drink Driving was viewed as a crime of significance in the Manly Local Area Command in 1998/99 as drink driving was at 674.1% per 100,000, which is three times higher than the wider Sydney rate, and second only in NSW to Campletown (Manly Local Court; 2004) and more recent statistics only serve to reinforce concerns, as on 10/5/07, 44 drink drivers faced Manly Local Court (Manly Daily; 2007).
Beyond the mere criminal and judicial aspects of drink and drug driving there are other factors that make this issue worth advocating for including;
□ Public safety across all spectrums such as other motorists and pedestrians
□ Alcohol and other drug related illness
□ Co-occurring anti social behaviors that go hand in hand with alcohol and other drug use
□ Concerns around poly drug use and there compounding affect on driving ability.
Q2) One could advocate for addressing concerns around drink and drug driving by developing such projects as
□ DA@T, which aims to increase awareness of the dangers associated with the behaviour, re-enforce existing levels of education and challenge existing attitudes and cultural norms via the tafe administration and other governing bodies.
I would further take into account the principles of the Ottawa Charter and use this framework to advocate for change and the...
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