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No cut in drinking limit
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• The government has ruled out lowering the drink-driving limit, angering a number of road safety groups and the police. Campaigners including the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents and the Association of Chief Police Officers had hoped that the current limit of 80111g of alcohol per 100m1 of blood would be cut to 50mg, in line with the majority of other European Union states.
Transport Minister David Jamieson says the government wants to emphasise enforcement and education as this has led to a two-thirds reduction in drinkdrive deaths since the 1970s.
He adds that the UK already has some of the toughest penatties for drink-driving in Europe, but a spokesperson for RoSPA says the government has missed an opportu. nity in terms of road safety.
• A Transport Research laboratory study has found that drivers who smoke a joint may actually drive better than those who have had a glass of wine—and drivers who do both may drive less recklessly than those who are simply drunk.