Father of Hit-and-Run Victim Calls for Confiscation of Cars from Drink Drivers

The father of a teenage girl who died in a hit-and-run nearly 20 years ago has called for cars to be confiscated from drink drivers .

16-year-old daughter Marsia died after she was hit by a car while crossing the road on October 16th, 2005AdvertisementNewstalk Breakfast“We only got to love her for 16 years and she’s gone 19, and that pain is still there,” he said.“The kids, you can’t talk to them , they can’t talk to me or we just break down.“What do we have to do to make you understand that cars are lethal weapons?,” he said.

“When they're getting caught, if they are given a ban, they're not handing in their licences, so they’re not being banned.” One suggestion for reform is to have those charged with drink driving to install an ‘alcolock’, a breathalyser within the car that will only allow the vehicle to start once the driver has been tested and has a low enough blood alcohol content.Mr Lieghio explained this method is “an alternative to let them keep their licence” while lowering the risk of reoffending.

“It’s a start - personally if it was up to me, anyone caught drunk driving would have their car confiscated,” he said.Alcolocks are already common in countries such as the US and France. A study by the Road Safety Authority found that in-car breathalysers would be 25% more effective in Ireland than in the US and 30% more effective if the State pays for the installation of the alcolock.

Source: Car News Wire (carnewswire.net)

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