Traffic police to breathalyse 25,000 drivers a day over Christmas
Tuesday, December 15, 2015 @ 5:50 PM
AT LEAST 25,000 drivers will be pulled over and breathalysed every day this Christmas in a new alcohol and drugs campaign launched by the Guardia Civil.
Traffic police have warned that the tests will take place at any time of the day and on any type of roads, without warning.
Drink-driving and drug-driving are behind at least a third of road crashes involving deaths, says the Guardia Civil, and an estimated 12 motorists in every 100 consume alcohol or illegal substances before getting behind the wheel.
Christmas, New Year and the Three Kings celebrations over the Epiphany and Twelfth Night, which involve several bank holidays and a high number of office parties and festive gatherings, mean this time of year is particularly high-risk.
Police will also be concentrating on those drivers they know are habitual drug and alcohol consumers.
This year alone, 84,000 drivers have tested positive, but this does not include those who have not been caught and only relates to figures produced by the Guardia Civil, not those compiled by the Local or Metropolitan Police forces.
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