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If your mate's pissed, you're screwed

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Graphic television commercials such as this one targeting teenage drink-driving were introduced in 1995 as part of the Land Transport Safety Authority’s advertising and enforcement programme. Alongside other measures, they have been credited with reducing the road toll.

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Carl Walrond, Teenagers and youth – Teenagers and risk, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/video/27027/if-your-mates-pissed-youre-screwed (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Carl Walrond, published 22 March 2011, updated 1 August 2017.