As you will have all seen on the news, the government is changing the rules around drink driving. The limit has been lowered and now drivers face a ticket and demerits if over 50 milligrams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood. Over 80 the rules stay the same.
We have seen comments in the press such as “You certainly need to watch your alcohol consumption. But if you only have two or three bottles of beer after work, then you’ve got nothing to worry about.” These comments tends to give a false impression that it is ok to drink and drive.
One of the major unintended consequences to this law change is that we are going to see a number of car claims declined as the wording on most car insurance policies includes an “under the influence” clause. You may find more claims declined now police will be recording if people have been drinking, not just if they are over the limit.