Slovakia relaxes its zero alcohol limit

In future Slovaks will be permitted to drive after drinking a small glass of beer. The zero-alcohol-limit is nonsense because even non-alcoholic beer or liquor-filled chocolates contain a small amount of alcohol and people have been penalised for this, Márius Kopcsay writes. "Even a small glass of beer is not worth the risk of causing an accident. ... But the problem is not people who drink a small beer and then drive; it is those who drink ten glasses of cognac and then drive. We are talking about influential managers, celebrities and also MPs. This is why at the same time as introducing a tolerance limit, a policy of zero-tolerance towards dangerous drunken drivers should be adopted."

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