Parties will never be the same!

NZ's drink drive laws changed today.

For the record the new limit is not 62.5% of the old one (down from 400mcg of alcohol per litre of breath to 250mcg ... and down from 80mg of alcohol per litre of blood to 50mg).

For most people it seems that 2 pints of beer or 2 glasses of wine just sneaks under the limit (depending on food intake, mood etc.) for others it may even be less than this?

So there will be a lot of quieter, or shorter parties, in NZ from now on, and a lot more use of taxis.

Argument 1 says this lower limit will capture the relative innocents, not the real offenders who are often several times the limit.

Argument 2 says that NZ's road accidents from alcohol are far too high so something had to be done.

A few years ago I bought a breathalyser as a joke. I think I'll put it in the car for use in time of doubt, not that we drink much these days.