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Responding to reports that Labour's North review into the laws on drink and drug driving will recommend reducing the legal limit from 80mg of alcohol per 100ml of blood to 50mg, Shadow Transport Secretary, Theresa Villiers, said:

“If the Conservatives are elected as the next Government, we would not reduce the drink driving limit to 50mg. We do not believe that the case has been made to justify such a change. We would keep the existing limit and focus on improving enforcement of the current rules on drink driving.

“We also believe that far more needs to be done to crack down on those who take to the roads when their driving is impaired by the use of illegal drugs. It is astounding that 30 years after the introduction of the breathalyser test, this country has no equivalent for roadside testing for driving under the influence of illegal drugs. A Conservative Government would put that right by authorising the use of drugalyser technology for use on our roads, as part of our efforts to combat the menace of drug driving."
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