Drink Drive Scotland

Could cause some confusion if you're around the border.

No tolerance is my view, and the sooner the UK Government pass it as law the better, we will all be a lot safer on the roads

Admiral 

Thanks rk, it won't affect me as I have a zero tolerance to my own drink/driving. The only way to be sure of not losing your license is by not touching a drop of alcohol before driving. Scotland is heading in the right direction

The new law on drink driving was introduced here in December 2014 and according to the recent figures released the new limit has meant that there has been a notable decrease in people being charged with drink driving so it does seem to be working and many people I know now impliment there own zero alcohol policy if they are driving which in my view is a good thing.

It has been like that since last year and they are catching a lot of people over the limit the next morning.

Sorry, not advocating that drink driving is acceptable, but I will have  acouple of pints of shandy as I know that will keep me well below. But that could be over the limit in Scotland, so in future I will adopt a zero option as well.

I wonder if just by working in one of the many distelleries and breathing in those malt aromas are enough to influence the reading.

It's simple , if you are going to drive ,then don't drink

I have no sympathy for any one caught drink driving

Do the statistics also indicate a lowering of drink related road incidents and fatalities? Even one less fatality would justify ZT in my opinion!

Perhaps it is just me, but how many are aware that the drink limit for Scotland is 50mg/100ml as opposed to the 80mg/100ml which is the law in England.

...France is the same as Scotland.  I think Scotland originally wanted a zero tolerance level but as someone else has said, it had to be set at 50mc/100ml because of the 'morning after' effect for those having a drink the night before.