An IPSOS survey done for Mothers Against Drunk Driving shows there is still a serious problem with people getting behind the wheel when they shouldn’t.

The national survey done for Mothers Against Drunk Driving Canada shows many Canadians who consume alcohol, cannabis, or an illicit drug drive knowing they are impaired by the substance, and frequently have passengers with them.

Some of the excuses provided are drivers don’t feel impaired, they aren’t going far and they think they can drive carefully. MADD Canada President Andrew Murie says those excuses are unacceptable.

The survey shows among two-thirds of drivers who used alcohol in the last month, that one in ten drove while impaired once within the last six months with 53 percent of those having someone in the car with them. When cannabis was used, two of ten drove while impaired while almost three in ten drove after using an opioid are other non-prescribed illicit drug. The survey showed men between the age of 18-34 are the ones driving impaired the most who have passengers with them, using cannabis or opioids, are doing this the most.

Murie does praise the anti drinking and driving initiatives being shown in Saskatchewan, but he says the numbers show there is more work to be done here and across the country.