Impaired driving rates are at an all-time low — but MADD Canada warns that increasing access to beer and wine in the province could change that. Murie said the Tory move would boost incidents of impaired driving. ( Kristin Rushowy / Toronto Star )Wynne spoke of the slow change her government brought in after announcing in 2015 that grocery stores would carry beer and wine. The latest statistics on drinking and driving indicate that while alcohol-impaired driving is on the wane, driving while under the influence of drugs or a drug-alcohol combination remains a huge concern, Murie said. In Ontario, 10.2 per cent of fatal crashes involved alcohol, 31.6 drugs, and 12 per cent a combo of the two.

Source: thestar May 22, 2018 18:56 UTC