Don't drink and drive - take the safer option...

BE it Christmas, New Year, a wedding, a birthday, or a special anniversary, the advice is always the same - don't drink and drive!

The amount of alcohol in the blood can affect a person's ability to drive and, therefore, the safety of other road users.

Indeed it has been proven that there is double the risk of having a road traffic accident if you are just below the drink-driving limit, than if you had not consumed any alcohol at all.

Unfortunately, people still think of a drink-driver as someone who exceeds the legal limit.

In fact anyone who drinks any alcohol before driving is 'drink-driving' and, therefore, jeopardising their own safety as well as the safety of other road users.

The only sensible and socially acceptable message at all times is for motorists to avoid alcohol altogether when they are likely to drive.