Lower drink-drive limit to hit rural pubs

RURAL British pubs would be hit by plans to cut the drink-drive limit in England and Wales, a group representing the sector has warned.

- DAVID LYNCH

The British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) urged the Government to ensure its new road safety plans are "proportionate and evidence based" to avoid an impact on struggling pubs.

Cutting the drink-drive limit in England and Wales is among plans unveiled yesterday in the Government's road safety strategy, the first of its kind in more than a decade.

The road safety strategy also proposes to require some convicted drink-drivers to have "alcolocks" fitted to their vehicles, and new powers to suspend driving licences for people suspected of drink or drug-driving offences.