Statistics show that last year, 37 deaths and 145 serious injuries were attributable to drink-driving.
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"And obviously it's a lot better than losing your licence for drink-driving, " said Mr Hubbard.
Mr Healy-Rae said the current drink-driving rules were forcing an older generation to stay at home.
The authorities are concerned the service is undermining its efforts to tackle drink-driving in the country.
He received medical treatment and was later arrested by Bedfordshire Police on suspicion of drink-driving.
The number of people caught drink-driving dropped by 15%, from 217 in 2011 to 185 in 2012.
They include new tax powers for Holyrood, as well as powers over drink-driving, speed limits and airguns.
The court later heard that he had previous convictions for dangerous driving, drink-driving and driving while disqualified.
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It will be able to set drink-driving laws, national speed limits and legislation on the control of airguns.
Isle of Man drivers are being warned of heavy penalties as part of an annual clampdown on Christmas drink-driving.
Northern Ireland's environment minister has outlined his proposals to change the drink-driving laws.
The Calman Commission had also recommended that the Scottish Parliament should control national speed limits, drink-driving laws and airguns legislation.
He also admits that he defends people on drink-driving charges even when they are undeniably over the legal limit of alcohol.
The force said it was launching its annual drink-driving campaign to coincide with the start of the tournament in South Africa.
Goalkeeper Lenny Pidgeley has been charged with drink-driving while striker Gary Madine was fined for being drunk and disorderly last weekend.
The Scottish Executive's criminal justice statistical bulletin shows a national incremental growth in drink-driving offences prosecuted in Scottish courts since 1997.
He said tougher measures against drink-driving in Ireland over recent years had seen road deaths fall by 42% between 2008 and 2012.
Iran has put a travel ban on a Saudi diplomat who was allegedly involved in a deadly drink-driving accident in the capital Tehran.
The parents of a boy who killed himself after being arrested for drink-driving arrest are calling for 17-year-olds to be treated as children in custody.
But the Department for Transport said it had no plans to install in-car breathalysers in cars - or to use them to test drink-driving offenders.
The Department for Transport (DfT) said it would also include a clampdown on drug-driving and the closing of loopholes that allow people to escape drink-driving charges.
But, in practice, since new drink-driving laws came into force in Japan last June, courts are taking a tougher line with passengers as well as drivers.
The 46-year-old, of Orchard Road, Plymouth, was arrested for drink-driving in 2000 but his DNA was not on the database at that time, the BBC has learned.
At the sentencing hearing at the court, it emerged Dhesi was fined for drink-driving 12 years ago after falling asleep and crashing a bus into another vehicle.
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The terms of Lown's release mean he must stay at a hostel, keep to a curfew and, critically, stick to an alcohol limit similar to that for drink-driving.
But a test carried out a police station two hours after the crash gave a reading just below the legal limit and Dhesi was not charged with drink-driving.
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Liberal Democrat transport spokesman John Thurso said drink-driving remained a "major killer", with figures showing a worrying rise in the number of accidents involving drivers who had been drinking.
However, North Wales Police deliberately targeted routes with a high volume of people, and asked drivers if they would mind taking a test as part of the force's anti-drink-driving campaign.
The Scottish government's consultation on drink-driving runs until the end of November, although Labour justice spokesman Lewis Macdonald said there was a "strong case" for early legislation to cut the limit.
For the Conservatives, Alex Johnstone said "a case may exist" for cutting the limit to deal with the "scourge" of drink-driving, but argued the focus of the police may change as a result.
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