Crackdown on drink driving to continue
A DRINK- DRIVE crack-down will continue into the New Year say Sussex Police.
Superintendent Natalie Moloney said: ““Although Christmas is over, our work to remove drink-drivers from the roads will not stop.
“The goal of the police, and the Sussex Safer Roads Partnership, is to have a road network free from the fear of being injured by a drunk driver, no matter what the time of year.”
128 drivers were arrested in December for failing breath tests during the annual Christmas drink-driving crackdown.
Over the four-week campaign, Sussex Police conducted a total of 3,987 breath tests as they, and their partners in the Sussex Safer Roads Partnership (SSRP), continued to put pressure on those who thought that getting behind the wheel after drinking was acceptable.
Throughout December police ran road-side checks at a variety of locations throughout the county, all of which were selected on the basis of intelligence highlighting drink-driving issues in previous years.
These roadside checks accounted for 3,269 of the total number of breath tests, and 111 of the arrests.
In addition to this intelligence-led approach, the Force also routinely breath tested anyone involved in a collision. These tests accounted for 358 of the total administered, with 17 resulting arrests.
The highest number of arrests (30) came in the first full week of the campaign, between and 3 and 9 December.
Superintendent Moloney commented: “Yet again, the results of our enforcement activity show that it is only a small minority of motorists who think that it’s acceptable to put their lives - and the lives of others around them - at risk.
“The vast majority of the motoring public understand how dangerous it can be.”
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