Following this week's announcement by the Department for Transport that the drink-driving limit will be lowered for the first time in over 50 years, we're taking a look at how much you can drink before you're over the threshold under the new rules.

Under a number of plans reportedly being considered by Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander, the drink-drive limit in England and Wales could be cut from 35 micrograms of alcohol per 100ml of breath to 22 micrograms.

This figure would bring both countries in line with Scotland – which cut its drink-drive limit in 2014 – and the rest of Europe , where no other country has a limit as high.

The proposals would mean an average man would be limited to just under a pint of beer or a large glass of wine, and women to half a pint of beer o

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