allowing them to sober up and possibly scrape back under the limit. Clearly this is unacceptable, especially in the UK, which has the highest drink-drive limit in the western world . Scrap the statutory option The government is proposing to close this loophole by removing the statutory right to a replacement blood or urine test where a breath test reading is above and close to the legal limit. The government also intends to legislate to allow police the option not to perform a preliminary breath test where roadside evidential breath tests are carried out following the rollout of roadside evidential breath testing devices and give registered health care professionals greater roles in testing drink drivers -- both of which options would speed up the enforcement process and deal with more drink drivers. SimpleMotoring.co.uk verdict: These measures -- and the tighter enforcement of the existing law that will hopefully accompany them -- are very welcome, but they are a poor and inadequate substitute for what is really required: a lower drink-drive limit and regular random roadside testing. Drunk drivers are a deadly menace and caused 280 avoidable deaths in 2011. Worse still, the number of people killed in drink-driving accidents rose by 12% in 2011, the first increase in 30 years. As the IAM's director of policy and research, Neil Greig, says, this suggests "that drink-driving could be losing its stigma." Research shows that simply cutting the UK drink-driving limit to the EU-recommend level of 50mg/100ml blood would save around 65