48% of young drivers support zero drink limit

NEARLY half of Ireland’s youngest drivers support reducing the legal drink-driving limit to zero, according to a survey revealed yesterday.

The survey of 3,262 people was conducted by the road safety group PARC, with questionnaires answered outside supermarkets and newsagents nationwide.

The current drink-driving rules mean when drivers are tested, the concentration in their blood cannot exceed 80 milligrams of alcohol for every 100 milligrams of blood tested.