Q1) Drink and Drug driving appears to be an ongoing concern on Sydney's Northern Beaches. Over the past few years there are statistics available that directly identify drink driving in particular as a an issue that concerns the entire community, including police and manly court magistrates.
In fact in 2002 crime and safety surveys conducted by the Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research showed Northern beaches residents identified dangerous drink driving as one of the most serious neighborhood crime problems(Manly Local Council;2002).
Drink Driving was viewed as a crime of significance in the Manly Local Area Command in 1998/99 as drink driving was at 674.1% per 100,000, which is three times higher than the wider Sydney rate, and second only in NSW to Campletown (Manly Local Court; 2004) and more recent statistics only serve to reinforce concerns, as on 10/5/07, 44 drink drivers faced Manly Local Court (Manly Daily; 2007).
Beyond the mere criminal and judicial aspects of......
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