Drivers get the message

DRINK-DRIVING has hit an all-time low.

Almost two decades after Guernsey adopted a blood-alcohol limit, it seems local motorists have finally changed their habits.

And they might have to change them even more in a couple of years.

A review of the Drug and Alcohol Strategy is coming up at the end of the year and that will again look at the case for a lower limit.

'Our 80mg limit is starting to look out of line,' said strategy coordinator Andrea Nightingale.

The draft strategy included a proposal to lower the limit to 50mg but that was dropped from the Billet in October 2005 - much to the delight of the hospitality industry.

Last year saw just 143 arrests, more than 50 fewer than the previous year and almost 90 down on 2004.

The number of motorists subsequently charged fell by almost a quarter, from 155 to 119.