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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/mps-support-zero-drinkdrive-limit.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="A report by MPs has called for the drink-drive limit to be lowered to an 'effective zero'" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/min-mps-support-zero-drinkdrive-limit.jpg" alt="A report by MPs has called for the drink-drive limit to be lowered to an 'effective zero'"/></a></p>
<p>The legal drink-drive limit should be lowered to an &#8220;effectively zero&#8221; level but such a reduction is &#8220;too great a step at this stage&#8221;, a report by MPs has said.</p>
<p>The current level is 80mg of alcohol per 100ml of blood and the Government should aim, in the long-term, for a reduction to 20mg, the report from the House of Commons Transport Committee said.</p>
<p>The MPs described 20mg as &#8220;effectively zero&#8221; and added that any reduction in the limit should only occur after an extensive Government education campaign about drink strengths and their effects on the body.</p>
<p>The report said there was &#8220;little evidence to suggest the public would support such a drastic, immediate change in the law&#8221;.</p>
<p>The committee also said that instead of an &#8220;interim&#8221; reduction to 50mg, the Government should concentrate on working with individual police forces to achieve a stricter enforcement of the current limit.</p>
<p>The MPs also called on the police to be given additional powers to breath test drivers in the course of a designated drink-drive enforcement operation. Currently, police may stop any vehicle but can only test the driver&#8217;s breath if there is an element of suspicion.</p>
<p>The MPs views came from an inquiry it conducted into the findings of the report of drink and drug driving law prepared for the Government by Sir Peter North.</p>
<p>One of his recommendations was a lowering of the legal limit to 50mg.</p>
<p>The report said: &#8220;While we agree that medical and statistical evidence supports a reduction in the current drink drive limit of 80mg, we note that currently 2% of drivers killed in road accidents have a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) between 50mg and 80mg, while 18% have a BAC greater than 80mg.</p>
<p>&#8220;We are concerned that a reduction in the limit to 50mg would send out a mixed message with the Government&#8217;s official advice to not drink and drive at all, particularly in light of the strong evidence of public uncertainty about what constitutes a &#8216;legal drink&#8217;.&#8221;</p>
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