Education and enforcement - Adrian Galea
Gearing up against drink and drug driving – proposals for safer roads, was the theme of the conference organised by the Malta Insurance Association in conjunction with the University’s Department of Insurance last month.
It was opened by the Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Capital Projects, Ian Borg (under whose ministry the Malta Road Safety Council falls) and the Minister for Family, Children’s Rights and Social Solidarity, Michael Falzon, whose ministry had launched the National Alcohol Policy late last year.
Delegates were also addressed by Madam Justice Consuelo Scerri Herrera and other local and foreign speakers who shared their experiences of how drink/drug-driving could be deterred.
The judge explained what the laws state and the reasons behind the relatively high number of acquittals, most of them a direct consequence of ill-prepared prosecution or evidence compilation.
She also expressed some very strong opinions on the need to better enforce existing laws and improve effectiveness.
One of the two foreign speakers, Brett Harman, representing the Global Road Safety Partnership – GRSP, gave participants a highly-interesting insight into how drink/drug-driving...