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I stumbled on this tidbit yesterday....
Monday January 1 7:58 AM EST
Belgian Driven Off Beer
BRUSSELS (Reuter) - Belgium, renowned for its beers and beer drinkers, is shunning the national beverage after a clampdown on drunk driving, figures released Sunday showed. National consumption and production slumped in 1995 as tough drunk-driving laws introduced a year ago began to bite, the Belgian food retailers' magazine, Gondola, said. A slowdown in beer drinking, which averaged 188 pints a person last year, fueled an estimated 5 percent drop in production in 1995.
With one of the worst records in Europe for car accidents, Belgium introduced spot fines of $155 a year ago for drivers with a blood alcohol level of more than 0.5 milligrams per liter. The previous limit was 0.8 milligrams.
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