- Development of a framework to enable unrestricted (random) breath testing for all drivers, enforcement of drink-driving countermeasures and application of dissuasive sanctions against all who are found to be driving over the BAC limit, and in particular for repeated drink drivers (aims 4-7, 9)

[8] Commission Recommendation 2004/345/EC of 6 April 2004 on enforcement in the field of road safety (OJ L 111, 17.4.2004); Commission Recommendation 2001/116/EC of 17 January 2001 on the maximum permitted blood alcohol content (BAC) for drivers of motorised vehicles (OJ L 43, 14.2.2001); Communication of the Commission (OJ C 48, 14.2.2004).

21. Points out that enforcing compliance with existing road traffic rules would dramatically improve road safety as most accidents are the result of the non-respect of traffic rules; especially emphasises the importance of compliance with speed, blood alcohol limits, medicine and drug intake as well as with rules on the use of seat belts and helmets noting that these, primarily fall within the competence of the Member States but are in urgent need of coordination and dissemination of best practice; especially welcomes the Recommendation of the European Commission of 17 January 2001 of a maximum alcohol level of 0.5 mg/ml and urges all ...[+++]Member States to adopt this maximum limit; urges Member States to implement swiftly the Commission's Recommendation of 6 April 2004 on enforcement ; calls on the Commission to monitor the implementation of the Recommendation and, as necessary, to lend support to Member States which do not succeed in implementing the Recommendation; calls on the Commission to report, in its mid-term review of the Action Programme, on the level of implementation; calls on the Commission, on the basis of this evaluation, to propose the necessary legislative measures of a binding nature in the area of maximum alcohol levels (in line with the European Parliament recommendation of 0.5 mg/ml for adults and 0.2mg/ml for novice drivers) and the use of safety-belts;

It seems clear from the evidence we've heard in the course of this examination in the past that the minute a person puts alcohol in their system, there is some, albeit in some cases negligible, impairment, and so it stands to reason that lowering the standard of concentration would also signal lowering the standard of tolerance for any level of alcohol in a person's blood when they make that conscious decision to get in the car.

If, for example, the province chooses to set zero as the limit, many scientists tell us that you can be confident that, if you are measuring at 20 milligrams of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood, this is not simply showing an accidental alcohol reading but is actually showing breath alcohol.

We also have the law relating to blood/alcohol readings, but those are limited to blood/alcohol because the Breathalyzer is an alcohol level measuring device, not a drug level measuring device.