A survey has indicated that 64 per cent of people say they know somebody who has knowingly driven a car when above the legal alcohol limit in the past five years.
The sample group was 1,015 adults who were interviewed during the Red C survey for Newstalk Radio. It questioned attitudes towards drink-driving here as well as personal experiences of drink-driving.
Male response
More than one in four people said that they may have been a passenger in a car driven by someone who was over the legal limit.
Meanwhile, 15 per cent think they themselves may have driven while over the limit – a number that rises to 24 per cent among men.
The study also shows that drink-driving is perceived to be more of a problem in rural areas than urban ones – with 77 per cent agreeing that people in rural areas are more likely to drive when over the limit.
Meanwhile, more than a quarter of respondents said they believed that the legal drink-driving limit is too low.