Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 20 September 2017
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport
Medical Bureau of Road Safety: Discussion with Chairman Designate
2:10 pm
Dr. Declan Bedford:
No. Some European countries have the zero or 20 mg per 100 ml as the limit. The UK has a higher limit at 80 mg per 100 ml but the majority are down to 50 mg per 100 ml. Several countries have 20 mg per 100 ml already. When we reduced the level from 80 mg to 50 mg per 100 ml, there were only three countries, the UK, Malta and ourselves at that higher limit. The United Kingdom is still the same.
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