[jpd80]

Interesting that the peak deaths occurred in 197 at around 2,800 and stayed just below this figure until around 1980
when a review of fatalities found that around 44% had a BAC reading over 0.05%. it was at this time that the southern states
adopted random breath testing as a way of correcting unacceptable behaviour of drink driving. beyond that it was decided
that speeding was then ext big factor as most accidents at that time were single motor vehicle accidents. The combination of
random breath testing and active speed monitoring helped reduce road toll to half of it prevoius high even though motor
vehicles have more than tripled......behavior modification of drivers is credited as the reason for todays low tolls...

In rural Qld in the 1970s and 1980, it was fairly common practice to call trips a six pack trip and have a six pack
or a carton of stubbies handy for drivers and passengers to consume on trips..full strength beer that is.

I remember years ago in Gladstone, a QR firemen was getting ready to crew a coal train to Moura when he was done for DD with a BA of 0.31...