The report released by AustRoads suggested reducing the legal blood alcohol concentration limit to 0.02 for all drivers, among other suggestions like a greater police presence and random breath testing stations.

Licensee at Wagga's Sporties Hotel, Thomas Stratton, labelled the suggestion as "very dramatic".

"Most of the laws being enacted in NSW are dramatic, it's like we're living in a nanny state," he said.

"I don't think Wagga has a big drink driving issue to start with, most people live by the pub test, we are pretty reasonable, we all get along together and 99 per cent I feel are doing the right thing."

However, statistics released by the Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research suggest otherwise.

According to BOCSAR, there were 118 people recorded driving over the legal BAC limit in 2019, with a rate of 211.8 per 100,000 people.

For NSW, while there were 14,722 people recorded over the limit, figures equated to less than Wagga's rate, at 211.1 per 100,000 people.

Co-author of the AustRoads report, Anne Harris, said regional locations were of particular concern.

"Custom made solutions are needed for regional and remote areas where there are few alternative forms of transport to private vehicles, speed limits are high and many roads have low safety standards," she said.

People charged for driving under the influence of alcohol are able to attend workshops in Wagga through Road Sense which focus on educating various traffic offenders on the dangers and penalties involved.

Road Sense communications manager Tom Jacks, who hosts a number of the workshops, said education was the key to safer roads more so than reducing the legal BAC limit.

"There are a few ways to look at it. We need to have a considered view of it rather than a blanket approach," he said.

"Things like early education programs are a great way to see change happen."

Mr Jacks said drink driving and speeding were the two main traffic offences they saw leading people to their workshops.

"Generally, in my experience, it's always decent enough people who have made a mistake and feel awful about it," he said.

"So education through us is about explaining the risks of speeding, drink driving, fatigue, distraction and not wearing a seat belt in a nice way to convince them not to do said things."

Driving under the influence of alcohol makes a driver statistically three to five times more likely to have a crash, Mr Jacks said, but harsher penalties and tighter restrictions were not always a positive deterrent.

"Telling people what they should or shouldn't do can often go in one ear and out the other, whereas with a 'shock and awe' approach of education, there is that awareness raised of what it could be like to live with a serious injury or to know someone hurt by it, it motivates them to do the right thing," he said.