To change a norm - by Nick Cowen

Nick Cowen explains how the Western world conquered drunk driving through a combination of deterrence and changing norms for Issue 15. Read it online here. My grandfather, an Essex doctor in general practice, was a pillar of his local community. An anxious and conscientious man, he was the kind of doctor who would visit unwell patients late into the night just to check their cases had not deteriorated into emergencies. His wife, my grandmother, was a magistrate. He also would drink and drive on occasion, whether coming back from the opera or the golf club. After one night at Glyndebourne, he recalled watching other members of the audience, including other doctors, judges, professors, and journalists, stagger out to their cars, keys in hand, before clambering into the driver’s seats. I am guessing that his well-to-do friends seldom queried his capacity to drive. My grandfather reduced, although did not quite eliminate, his drunk driving following one occasion when a police officer spott

Nick Cowen explains how the Western world conquered drunk driving through a combination of deterrence and changing norms for Issue 15. Read it online here. My grandfather, an Essex doctor in general practice, was a pillar of his local community. An anxious and conscientious man, he was the kind of doctor who would visit unwell patients late into the night just to check their cases had not deteriorated into emergencies. His wife, my grandmother, was a magistrate. He also would drink and drive on occasion, whether coming back from the opera or the golf club. After one night at Glyndebourne, he r