Drink driving increases after drink driving limit lowered

Stuff reports:

More Kiwis are driving drunk all the way to the grave following the lowering of our alcohol limit.

A just-published research paper has shown those who had been drinking, driving, then dying were drinking more than before, and more drugs were thrown into the deadly cocktail.

Why might this be? A reader has a theory:

I really think the police need a psychiatrist to run past their ideas, their on a roll, higher death troll for drink driving, the accidents overall are out of control ( along with the driving skills ). It’s really dangerous driving now, it’s got alot worse in the last 2 years ( I primarily drive auckland->whangarei most weekends ).

My take, the level is so low now, if you are going to drink you drink !, before you could have a few beers & you stayed under a reasonable limit. So a reasonable limit encouraged reasonable behavior a crazy low limit becomes meaningless if one is inclined to drink.

Could be.