Road safety campaigners are calling for parents who supply alcohol to underage drivers to be penalised if something goes wrong.
Clive Matthew-Wilson of the Dog and Lemon Guide was commenting after a serious weekend crash in Manukau at the hands of a drunk 16-year-old.
The boy's mother has admitted to regularly supplying him with alcohol.
Matthew-Wilson says if the mother had supplied her son with heroin or P she would be behind bars.