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Zero Tolerance: Mother's Plea After Tragic Loss
7 Jan
Summary
- Mother demands zero alcohol limit for drivers after daughter's death.
- New law allows blood tests without consent after fatal incidents.
- Revised strategy proposes reducing drink drive limit to 22mcgs.
A grieving mother is urging for a complete zero-tolerance alcohol policy for motorists after her six-year-old daughter, Sharlotte Naglis, was killed in June 2021. The child died when a driver, John Owen, with twice the legal limit of alcohol and cocaine in his system, struck her.
In response to the tragedy, the government has proposed reducing the legal drink-drive limit from 35 to 22 micrograms per 100 milliliters of breath as part of its road safety strategy. However, the victim's mother argues that any amount of alcohol can be dangerous and affect individuals differently.
A significant development is the proposed inclusion of Sharlotte's Law in the strategy. This law would enable police to test the blood of individuals suspected of drink and drug driving without consent following a fatal incident, a measure that could have provided crucial evidence in Owen's case sooner.
