Bedford Driving Lessons

Britain should adopt a zero blood alcohol limit to cut the number of deaths on the country’s roads caused by drink-driving, nurses said today. Delegates at the Royal College of Nursing’s annual conference in Bournemouth spoke overwhelmingly in favour of a move that would see drivers unable to consume a glass of shandy and get behind the wheel – emulating a number of European nations that have a zero-tolerance policy. At present Britain’s limit of 80mg of alcohol per 100ml of blood is among the highest in Europe. Romania, the Czech Republic, Estonia and Slovakia all have zero-tolerance policies. Nurses queued up to speak from the floor of the conference, calling for a “no ifs, no buts, no alcohol” policy saying many had witnessed the carnage caused by drink-driving. “Would you drink two pints of beer before going to work? Would you do it before sitting in three quarter-tonnes of steel capable of 100mph?” asked Andrew Fraser, an emergency care nurse. “We need mandatory zero tolerance”. Some cautioned that such a draconian limit would mean drivers penalised for “eating trifle or swilling mouthwash” – both of which can have alcoholic content. More