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Reducing (partially or totally) the permitted alcohol level will do nothing to eliminate those people who already ignore the legal limit. What evidence is there that the current legal limit is too high, and results in accidents?
Rik Gammack, UK

It is obvious to any pubgoer that there are many journeys made by drivers who occasionally or habitually drink beyond the current limits, think that the risk is acceptable, and are not caught or have accidents first. Enforcement efforts should be directed to ensuring that the risk of (and penalties for) detection is so high that even the most obstinate get the message. Once this target has been achieved then let us consider whether contemporary statistics indicate that reductions in the threshold will actually make a further difference, rather than take premature action that will effect the social lives of many responsible drinkers, kill the country pub and ultimately may not work because the new limits are even less enforceable than the old.
R Robson, UK

While driving on a highway at night, people often see police with a few cars at the sides of the road. Out of those scenes, very high percentages are drivers who drove under the influence of alcohol. Deaths caused by automobile accidents associated with alcohol are very tragic. Not only drivers and passengers have a very high chance of being killed but also some innocent bystanders, who just happened to be in the area, could also be killed. In my opinion, if no one drives under the influence of alcohol, this step could save the lives of many innocent people.
Shazia Chagani, USA

I think that in Britain drink-drivers seem to be regarded with more disgust than child molesters - regardless of whether they've downed a bottle of vodka and run over a bus queue at 90 mph or just had a few too many the night before and been randomly stopped (and there IS a big difference between the two). Other countries that I've visited regard drink-driving more on the level of parking offences.
I know that my own driving is affected by small levels of alcohol even below the current limits. As a result I don't drink and drive. I don't know if a zero limit would work but lower limits certainly would be a good idea. However, I think that the drinking culture needs to change. Most bars that I've been in have a very limited selection of non-alcoholic drinks and these are usually more expensive than the alcoholic ones. Also, I think that self-test devices would be a good idea. I've only ever seen one on sale and the police, for reasons best known to themselves, don't encourage them - surely it's better to prevent drink-driving than to pick up the pieces later?
Rod Maxwell, Scotland

Drink-driving is like holding a lighted match to a pool of petrol. It should have been banned after the first fatality in the history of drink-driving collisions. Quantity doesn't matter in the case of drink-driving as one loses his/her senses to a percentage and that's enough to cause deaths.
Abdul Rafey, USA

I think that every driver should be a responsible person in the first place. When we sit behind the steering wheel, we have our own life and the lives of all other people in our hands. This should be taken seriously. Being a European myself (Croatian), I don't think that a legal ban would have too great an effect knowing that the majority of Europeans are very individualistic and want to do their own thing. But, who knows, maybe we would surprise ourselves. I think that this proposition is definitely worth considering.
Anton, Hawaii, USA

Drinking and driving are totally incompatible. The best way we can stop people getting killed is by imposing a zero alcohol limit. From the lorry driver's point of view, the actual weak law has only exacerbated his now life-long guilt. Let's help potential offenders to have the best conscience.
F Cipollone, Belgium

I was recently in Norway and couldn't believe the strict limits there. But what amazed me most was that everyone obeyed them. People went everywhere by taxi and seemed happy to pay the price.
Dave Green, London

Here in Britain attitudes have really changed over the past twenty years. People used to laugh about drink driving, it was a macho thing to do. Now, it is not something any self-respecting person would admit to in public. And the reason? A sustained and hard-hitting advertising campaign that has genuinely affected people's hearts and minds.
James Renner, Manchester

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