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Stopping the Slaughter
Last year over 6,000 people were killed on Britain's roads, and a third-of-a-million injured. In hard cash, the cost is measured in thousands of millions-that's quite apart from the human suffering. Over Christmas and New Year more than 200 people will die in road accidents.
Many road deaths are caused by drink. In 1967, the breathalyser brought an immediate drop in drinking and driving offences, but throughout the 70s the figures steadily increased.
Is slaughter on the roads part of the price we must pay for the convenience of the motor car? Or could tougher measures - like those proposed by the Government -have a real and lasting effect? Donald MacCormick reports.
Editor PETER IBBOTSON

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