PeterE wrote:
This is the North, of course - some of you Southerners might be a bit envious
Come a bit further north and you can get bitter for 99p, lager(Fosters) for £1.25 and even Stella is only £1.55. That was in a town centre chain pub until recently - not been for awhile though - and had the local pubs up in arms. Soft drinks on the other hand were typically about £1.50. I agree tough that the price of soft drinks has very little baring on drink-driving. Price is largely irrelvent it's people attitutes(and possibly to a certain extent social norms) that makes them feel somehow inferior or strange if they are only drinking soft drinks in a pub, especially when not having a meal.
While it goes without saying that drink-driving is a stupid and reckless activity I wouldn't call for zero tolerence since a small limit gives a bit of lee-way for the morning after.