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Drink and Drugs

When is it safe to drink and drive? The simple answer is ... never! Drinking even the smallest amount of alcohol before getting behind the wheel can have a serious effect on your driving ability. Even though there is strong evidence that drink driving has been declining steadily over recent years, the sobering statistic is that 1 in 7 deaths on Scotland's roads are still alcohol related.

It is equally dangerous to drive under the influence of drugs - and that not only applies to illegal recreational drugs, but to prescription and over the counter medicines too. The penalties are exactly the same as for drink driving with punishments for repeat offenders in Scotland now the most severe in the UK.