Two Drinks Max: 'You can't get away with drinking'

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Amie Jane knows what it's like to lose a friend to a drink-driver.

The wife of All Black Cory Jane was devastated last year to hear one of her cheerleaders was killed in Upper Hutt. A drink-driver was trying to eat a hamburger as he drove around a corner. He crossed the centre line and hit Amie's friend head-on.

Amie is in favour of breath-testing drivers at big events and thinks people should carry personal breathalysers to test whether they are fit to drive.

She and Cory have pledged their support for the Herald on Sunday's Two Drinks Max campaign.

The issue of drink-driving first came into Amie's life when she was 9. Her father, who had been drinking but was not drunk, was involved in a car accident in Iowa in the United States.

He and his mates were looking for hunting spots and had stopped at a bar on their way home for a beer. They also bought a six-pack to drink later.

"I think he had two beers in total."

Her father was cast as a drink-driver and the incident had a lasting effect on Amie.

"Now, whenever I have been near anyone who is drunk and who is stupid enough to think they can drive, we stop them."

Amie, a mother of two who is expecting her third child, is in favour of lowering the blood alcohol limit.

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