Peter Freeman, clinical director of Wellington Hospital's emergency department, said his colleagues around the country were horrified at the waste of life from alcohol-related car crashes.
"The effect of alcohol on car crashes and any trauma is just so underestimated by people who have an ability to make a change - and I'm talking specifically about people in government."
"The Government's refusal to lower the blood alcohol level from 80 milligrams per 100 millilitres of blood to 50mg, despite lobbying from emergency doctors and other medical workers, was "just so disheartening".
"They're saying: 'Let's wait and get some New Zealand research'. For heaven's sake – they're saying they want a few more deaths to be convinced." See www.stuff.co.nz/national/4343257/Twelve-dead-in-horror-weekend.
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