Government says 'it might be time' as law affecting all UK drivers could be changed

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A government minister has hinted at a potential review of drink and drug-driving laws in light of increasing deaths on UK roads.

Speaking to LBC, Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander said it "might be time to have a look at those (laws)" as part of broader measures to enhance road safety, which include launching new awareness campaigns.

Describing it as a “priority” for her, she told LBC on Friday: “This is a conversation that I’ve been having with officials in the first couple of weeks that I’ve been in post. “I was appointed three weeks ago and one of the first things I said to do was to get the team in who are working on a new road safety strategy that my predecessor committed to.

I think she was entirely right to do that.” Her remarks came two days after the sentencing of 19 year old Thomas Johnson, who received nine years and four months imprisonment for causing the deaths of three friends in a car accident in Oxfordshire last year.