new drink drive limit

[padjoe]

New drink drive limit coming in, now reduced from 80mg to 50mg. i thought it would be zero tolerance for learner drivers but they are allowed 20mg. any one know what the 50mg is equivilant of? Not that i drink and drive but its just handy to know. i know they say 80mg is just under a pint so i presume 50 mg is around half pint mark.

http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0624/drink.html

[osarusan]

An older thread which dealt with the same issue:

Dempsey in nanny state showdown on drink-driving limits (http://foot.ie/threads/126238-Dempsey-in-nanny-state-showdown-on-drink-driving-limits)

[padjoe]

sorry never thought to search that.

[Macy]

iirc it's the 50mg is just below the pint, the 80mg is a pint and half. This is probably going to be merged, so I won't go further for fear of repeating the same points. I don't think there can be an absolute zero limit by the way - 20mg probably getting as near as practical.