Alcohol dangerous on waterways, too

According to a survey published in mid-July, the majority of Finns are in favour of lowering the alcohol limit for hobby boaters from 1.0 to 0.5 promille. The step is long overdue, writes the liberal daily Helsingin Sanomat: "For the Finns, boating is a typical summer and leisure time activity. These are precisely the times when people are not exactly at their soberest. ... It would only be consistent for the same alcohol limits to apply for boaters as for drivers. Even if there is plenty of room out on the water, on summer weekends the most popular routes have so much boat traffic that they hardly differ from motorways. When you're drunk you have no control over your vehicle - and at 1.0 promille you're pretty drunk. ... A responsible boater shows respect for other boaters and his own passengers. It's a matter of attitude."

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