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Company car drivers twice as likely to drink-drive

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The research was conducted as part of the RAC’s annual Report on Motoring, which also saw one in 20 company car drivers (5%) admit to driving immediately after drinking alcohol that evening. This compares to 3% of private motorists. 

The survey results are revealed in the same week as research showing that 67% of drivers would welcome a zero tolerance approach to drink driving and the same day as a new drink driving limit comes into effect in Scotland

RAC Business Services director David Aldridge said: ‘While we have seen a huge, and welcome, shift in attitudes to drink-driving since the 1970s, our research has revealed that a significant number of drivers are still taking unnecessary risks when getting behind the wheel after a night out.

‘Many company Christmas parties are held on week nights and we‘re urging managers to remind all their staff about safe alcohol limits as it is easy to think the morning after the night before it will be fine to drive.

‘In fact alcohol may well still be present in the driver’s system as it takes an average of one hour for each unit of alcohol to be processed by the body. With a typical large glass of wine (250ml) containing three units, it could mean that alcohol is still in your system when driving to work in the morning.’

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