Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill has launched this year's festive drink-driving crackdown with a demand for police to breathalyse drivers at random.
Mr MacAskill wants more power to allow Scottish police to pull drivers over, to set a different alcohol limit for young drivers and introduce new penalties.
However, UK Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin has written to him to reject his request for more devolution of powers from Westminster.
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