Road safety charity Brake has responded to the government's latest announcement that there are no current plans to review the legal alcohol limit for road users across England and Wales in the foreseeable future.

Transport minister Andrew Jones confirmed this to be the case at a press conference earlier this week.

However, Brake believes all the home nations should be brought in line with Scotland's new lower drink-drive limit, which appears to be helping to reduce the number of alcohol-related offences on Scotland's roads.

Campaigns director for Brake Gary Rae said: "We would urge the minister to listen to and learn from his Scottish counterpart and respect the wishes of both the British public and the police by following Scotland's lead and dropping the drink drive limit.

"Early indications show a clear reduction in offences in Scotland, which can only make our roads safer and mean fewer devastating preventable deaths and injuries."

He added that the shift to a lower alcohol limit for all road users would be a strong sign that the government is taking seriously its commitment to a "zero tolerance" approach to drink-driving and clamping down on this dangerous and antisocial behaviour.

At present, the alcohol limit for motorists in England and Wales stands at 80 mg of alcohol per 100 ml of blood. However, this figure has been reduced to 50 mg in Scotland for more than the last year.

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