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The limit is zero
o Anthony Phillips thinks that
somebody whose blood alcohol level exceeds the limit but has had a night to sleep on it isn't really over the limit (CM 5-11 March). What is he implying—that the body is playing a trick when registering alcohol in the blood? Either there is alcohol present in the system or there isn't.
If Mr Phillips' logic were followed though to its conclusion, any drinkdriver pulled over at any time would simply argue: "I haven't had a drink for 24 hours" and would, presumably, go free since there would be no way to differentiate between freshly consumed alcohol and "yesterday's" alcohol.
Until people like Mr Phillips accept the simple fact that alcohol in the system impairs the judgement of drivers—regardless of when the alcohol was drunk—then people will continue to be slaughtered needlessly on Europe's roads.
Robert Missen,
European Commission, Brussels.