Three cheers for drunk driving Cape Town

The Western Cape has a shocking record for drinking, driving and killing people on our roads. Statistics include:

So far this year nearly 2 000 people have been arrested for driving under the influence in the province. This past weekend alone, 96 people were arrested for drunk driving.

From January to May, 296 people were killed on provincial roads - 87 drivers, 101 passengers and 108 pedestrians, says the Western Cape Department of Transport and Public Works.

"Speeding and drunk driving are the two major causes of road fatalities," said Solly Malatsi, spokesman for the department.

Caro Smit, director and founder of the NGO South Africans Against Drunk Driving (SADD), said "people drink drive in South Africa because they can and they have got away with it for so long". (from IOL)