Drink -drive limit lowered

[daytona365]

That seems to be the modern way. To try and break down ALL identifying British traditions, and brainwash the young into their perverse way of thinking. Sorry if that seems a bit over the top, but that's really how it looks to me.

[fausTVR]

I agree with Don, the present limit is perfectly sensible. Too much zealotry on here with this one. Two or three pints makes the driver at least super careful so as not to attract attention, given the doubt about where the line actually is for any given person.

I do wonder how many of the high horse, zero tolerance types on here have texted or such at the wheel?

[OlliersMotorLaw]

I'm not sure lowering the limit will actually act as a deterrent to a lot of people to be honest. In theory it sounds great but the vast majority of offenders do not go out and INTENTIONALLY drink drive. This will largely end up punishing those who (like someone else said) fancy the one pint with some friends after work before going home.

What puzzles me the most however is that these limits have been in place for YEARS. They have been decided by experts as being the level of alcohol under which someone can still drive safely and effectively..... so what's changed? We as humans cannot suddenly be LESS tolerable to alcohol across the board.

If the limit is lowered then I am not convinced it will lower the number of drink drivers but increase the number of people charged with the offence. They may be found guilty of an offence for driving with a volume of alcohol in their body that was in fact deemed perfectly safe for many years and I think it will take some people time to adjust to such changes.

So....more convictions = more fines handed out by court = richer government?

There is talk of new lower limits being introduced for younger/less experienced drivers which I do actually think may help as so many collisions involve younger drivers.....particularly when alcohol is involved.

[Toaster]

OlliersMotorLaw said:

What puzzles me the most however is that these limits have been in place for YEARS. They have been decided by experts as being the level of alcohol under which someone can still drive safely and effectively..... so what's changed?

There is talk of new lower limits being introduced for younger/less experienced drivers which I do actually think may help as so many collisions involve younger drivers.....particularly when alcohol is involved.

There is two parts to this one which I agree in that £££££ was spent on drink research and a notional level was agreed to be the limit and its is known that depending on body composition the result of a test will show alcohol level that appears in the blood.

The second part is what evidence (rather than personal opinion) is there for a given body composition of X that displays an alcohol unit of Y will impair the decision making ability of a younger person compared to an older person who quite frankly may not even pass the current driving test !

[Big Rumbly]

I think no matter what level is set, it WONT make a blind bit of difference to people who regularly drive well over the limit, and Drunk drivers. As has been mentioned earlier they're aiming at the wrong target.