DRINK-DRIVING in Fife has fallen by almost a quarter since the new lower limit was introduced in Scotland.
The Kingdom saw a 24 per cent reduction in the number of offences in the nine-month period following the change – the second-highest drop in the country, behind Dumfries and Galloway.
The figures were obtained by AlcoSense Personal Breathalysers between December 2014 and August 2015 after the legal limit was reduced from 80mg to 50mg in every 100ml of blood.
Hunter Abbott, managing director of AlcoSense, said: "Far fewer people are taking the risk of even just having one drink if they have to drive the same night.
"However, the lower limit has dramatically increased the risk of unintentionally drink driving the morning after, as it now takes two to three hours longer to get below the limit now than it did a year ago."
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