3 NOVEMBER 1967, Page 35

Sir: No Big Brother or Big Sister is forcing Mr

Nisei Vinson (21st October) to change his drink- ing habits. He has only to take a taxi to his plat* ,.ef drink instead of driving to it. Would he grudge a taxi fare to save even one human life, let alone -what he considers a paltry 2 per cent? Before Mr Vinson writes off corpses and maimed bodies as mere marginal statistics, he should visit a casualty ward and take a long look at the bleeding broken bodies and the torn flesh.