Proposed drug driving regulations for 2014.
Dear Mr Goodwill,
I wrote to you recently, and in furtherance of our meeting when you were in
shadow transport, to introduce our voluntary work for road safety and
drivers.
You didn't acknowledge the email but I know you are very busy.
I have just been reading and digesting all of the publication in respect of
drugs driving and the consultation process too.
I note that we were not included
as consulted on your list. Had we been, I would have reminded you that after 300 billion driver miles
a year, there's less death on the road from all causes than from accidents in
the home and five times less than from NHS failures, about five times less than
from breast cancer and some thirty seven times less than from smoking.
Basically
all I would've done, had I been consulted, is ask: 'Why are we having this
consultation?' and 'Why aren't we testing doctors and nurses or people in their
kitchens?' Fair questions aren't they?
I suppose every department of government must be seen to be interfering
with something but is Government saying that only road death matters then?
Why is it that no matter the political colour of a minister, their brains
seem to get taken over when they arrive at the DfT?
Can you ensure then that before anyone is prosecuted the NHS serves notice
on all patients who may be affected or is that too much to ask?
I don't suppose you will answer but I did enjoy putting this on my Blog for
the world to see.
Best wishes
Keith Peat
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