What harm rural elderly driving after a few pints?

[Old Mr Grouser]

An elderly person walking home on a dark, narrow country road is in very serious danger, add a couple of pints into the mix and you're definitely going to see fatalities.

He should buy a reflective jacket and a good torch.

[Old Mr Grouser]

A publican is in business to sell drink. Why should a publican have to mind how much drink someone is consuming unless they are becoming antisocial?

Alcoholics are a pub's best customers. The more of a publican's customers that become alcoholics then the bigger his profits.

[GJG]

Alcoholics are a pub's best customers. The more of a publican's customers that become alcoholics then the bigger his profits.

This is absolutely true, and exactly the reason that publicans should have no role in enforcing alcohol policy. Their conflicts of interest would be too big. If the state delegates its duties to people who are motivate to make sure they will fail, we will get ... much the situation that we have now.