The limit will be cut from 35 to 22 micrograms of alcohol per millilitre of breath, following the same move in Scotland in 2014, The Times has reported.
There have long been calls for the rest of the UK to match its drink-drive limits with those of Scotland, in an effort to reduce the 300 UK deaths a year involving a driver over the legal limit.
Alcohol worsens people’s driving ability in several ways, said Karen Tyrell, chief executive of the charity Drinkaware.
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When someone sees a road hazard, they are slower to slam their foot on the brakes, said Tyrell. “Stopping times are one of the obvious things that are slowed as your reaction speed slows.
Health experts generally do not offer advice on an amount of alcohol that it is safe to have before driving, because people vary in their tolerance and how quickly their liver breaks down alcohol, said Dr James Gill, a GP and lecturer at the University of Warwick.
How quickly can you metabolise your pint? (Photo: urbazon/Getty)Why alcohol affects people differently
Another variable is how quickly the liver breaks down alcohol. On average the liver gets rid of alcohol at a rate of one unit (about half a pint of lower-strength lager) per hour. But some people’s livers are naturally faster or slower. “If you’ve got a bigger liver, you clear things faster,” said Dr Gill.
And none of the methods that are sometimes claimed to sober people up actually help, including drinking coffee, having a cold shower or a sleep, said Tyrell.
Some policy experts warned, however, that any law change needs to be accompanied by better police enforcement measures – because, when the drink drive limit was lowered in Scotland, there was no change in alcohol-related collisions.
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Read MoreWhen some Australian states introduced random breathalyser checks for drivers, this was followed by a reduction in alcohol-related deaths, he said.
“If the limit goes from, say, two to one pint, that’s not going to have an impact on someone who was already drinking five pints and driving,” said Dr James.
People may also be encouraged to leave their car at home when drinking if there are more public transport options, said his colleague Professor Marco Francesconi.
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