The huge dangers of drug driving

Drink driving is a massive problem for the police, with 7638 drivers in the UK testing positive on breathalyser tests. This is a lot of people to be posing a massive danger to other people on the road, not to mention themselves. This is something that you hear a lot about, but what of driving while under the influence of drugs?

The current figures put it at around 1 in 20 people in the UK using illegal drugs in the past month, and that probably means that a lot of these will have tried driving whilst under the influence. Most people don’t even realise that drug driving is an offence, they think that they are fine when they have taken drugs.

For example, Cannabis is a big offender, with 800,000 people a year driving whilst on it, and under the mistaken impression that they are fine. Some even think that it improves their driving ability. This is a common notion, as most people on drugs have this impression that the drugs improve them, and that they shouldn’t have any problems when it comes to driving, but they are wrong.

Drug driving comes with exactly the same dangers as drink driving, and has exactly the same penalties, such as up to 6 months in jail if found guilty, and causing death by dangerous driving whilst under the influence of drugs also gives a large jail sentence just like drink driving. Addiction treatment centers are full of reforming drug drivers who only faced their addiction when they were caught.