Drink and Drive Limit to be Cut

A proposal has been put forward this week to reduce the legal limit for drink driving. The current limit is 80mg of alcohol per 100ml of blood, which allows most people to have one drink and then to drive. The new law would put the limit down to 50mg, which considering different people's body-size and metabolisms, would mean one drink could put you over the legal limit for driving.

Obviously this sort of news is going to split people down the middle. There are many people out there who believe that drinking and driving just don't go. Yet there are those who enjoy a drink with a meal and are happy to drive home. It's a small minority, according to the BBC it's only around 3% of drivers who will drink and drive. But will a law like this actually change their habit or will they just continue as they are and hope for the best?

Generally I don't think this is something that will affect drastically here in Hampstead. We're lucky to have a decent transport system (despite what some people might say) and have night buses that run through our area. Anyone with any sense wouldn't drive in London anyway. But does anyone have a particularly strong view on the subject? Or a reason why they have no choice but to drive?

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