Newly qualified motorists in Europe should not be allowed to drink any alcohol.

The European Parliament has proposed that newly qualified motorists in Europe should not be allowed to drink any alcohol before driving until two years after they have passed their test.

People with more than one drink-driving conviction would have ‘alco-locks’ installed in their vehicles under the proposals.  Blood alcohol limits in Europe range from 0.9 milligrams per millilitre in Cyprus to zero in Estonia, Malta, Romania, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Hungary.

It is now up to the European Commission to decide if it will draft a law.