The UK Government is considering slashing the drink-driving limit in England and Wales to match Scotland’s stricter laws. The proposed move could profoundly affect driver behaviour, public safety and the hospitality industry’s bottom line.
Read the full article on the Drinks Business website
NAM Implications:
- Given the increasing state sensitivities to the potential effects of alcohol blood levels….
- (and the variables of weight/rate of metabolism/next-day residual levels)
- …it looks like we are headed to zero levels of alcohol for drivers as the only ‘certainty’.
- i.e. a bureaucratic solution.
- (at least until ‘drunk in charge of a driverless car’ comes up for consideration?)
- The downside impact on industry sectors (hospitality) has never really been a consideration…
