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Seasonal warning to would-be drink-drivers

02/12/2009

Motorists who drive under the influence of drink or drugs are being warned that it is only a matter of time before they are caught, as the police renew their annual drink-drive crackdown.

Launching the month-long campaign, which last year saw 183,397 drivers breathalysed, North Yorkshire deputy chief constable Adam Briggs said that police this year intended to test "more drivers than ever before".

DCC Briggs - the national lead on road policing for the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) - stressed that alcohol remains in the body for several hours, raising the possibility that drivers could be over the limit the morning after a night of drinking. He added that collisions involving alcohol have a profound impact not only on the lives of victims and their families, but also on those of offenders.

"Many people think they have to be involved in a collision or commit an offence to be stopped and breathalysed. This is not the case," he said.

"What we are asking the public to do is be responsible and don't drink and drive.

"As well as having to live with the lifelong guilt of having killed or injured someone through their reckless behaviour, offenders could also lose their job, home and their livelihood," he warned.

Last year saw just under 5% of those stopped giving a positive breath test, and ACPO is warning that police will be stopping drivers "at all times of the day and night".

The message follows Road Safety Week, which this year targeted drivers with the anti drink and drug message "not a drop, not a drag". Research by road safety charity Brake - which organises the annual week of campaigning - suggests that 18% of young people have driven after drinking alcohol, and 7% after taking drugs.

Last year, a Brunel University study found that hungover motorists - who were nevertheless below the drink-drive limit - drove more quickly and committed more than twice as many traffic violations as those who had not been drinking.

The police campaign runs from 1 December to 1 January 2010.

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