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"I got a rye, a gin, a licence form and a long sermon on drinking and driving" Cartoon
Artist MERLE TINGLEY (Canadian, 1921-2017)

"I got a rye, a gin, a licence form and a long sermon on drinking and driving" Cartoon

Date1974
Supportpaper
Credit LineGift of Bea White, St. Thomas, Ontario, 2017
Object number2017.036.023
Label TextThis February 19, 1974 Merle “Ting” Tingley "London Free Press" cartoon highlights the incongruity of LCBO stores also distributing car license application forms. Driving while intoxicated first appeared in Canada’s Criminal Code in 1921. Since then, laws have become tougher. But impaired driving is still the leading criminal cause of death and injury in Canada.
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