Time for Change Survey and Report

49 “I strongly believe driving & AoD should depend on impairment rather than factual drug alcohol levels in tests … It's justifiable to aim attention toward people driving badly or dangerously rather than blanket amounts detected in blood or breathalyzers” Figure 23. Support for current roadside drug testing programs that test for the presence of a drug rather than measuring the level of impairment We observed some statistically significant differences in support across age, gender, jurisdiction, and identities: ● Individuals aged 35 and younger and those aged 36 to 55 showed significantly lower support for current roadside testing approaches compared to those aged 56 and older. No significant difference was observed between those aged 35 and younger and those aged 36 to 55, with consistently low support across these age groups. ● Gender-diverse respondents and male-identifying respondents both expressed less support than female-identifying respondents. ● Comparatively, there was more support among QLD residents than non-QLD residents. ● Support was also significantly lower among respondents who identified as someone who uses drugs, a professional, or a student and/or young person, in comparison to people who did not identify these ways. Support was significantly lower among family members of someone who uses drugs in comparison to people who did not identify these ways. Recommendation #22 We recommend that all Australian state/territory governments commit to introducing threshold limits for substances to account for the presence of a drug in a driver’s system at levels that would not cause impairment.