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Latest Stats: Sharp increase in drink drive deaths
Thursday, July 25, 2024
There’s been a sharp increase in the number of deaths on Britain’s roads caused by drunk drivers.Final figures for 2022 released by the Department for Transport today estimate that 300 people ...
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UK Drivers 20 Times More Likely to be Breathalysed in France
Tuesday, July 23, 2024
With the Olympics starting in Paris on Friday, UK visitors to France are set for record levels - but motorists are being warned they are 20 times more likely to be breathalysed than in the UK.Fren ...
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Police Northern Ireland launch drink drive crackdown
Monday, December 04, 2023
Motorists are being warned of the dangers of drink driving as Police in Northern Ireland launch their annual December crackdown this week. Last year 40,021 vehicles were stopped over the Christmas and ...
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French police 20 times more likely to breathalyse you
Friday, August 18, 2023
British motorists are being warned they are TWENTY times more likely to be breathalysed in France than in the UK.
The gendarmes tested 109 drivers per 1000 population in 2021, compared to jus ...
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Drink Drive Deaths - highest since 2009
Monday, July 31, 2023
Drink Drive Deaths - highest since 2009
There were 260 deaths on Britain’s roads in 2021 where a motorist was over the drink drive limit – an alarming increase of 18% over the p ...
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Summer Drink Drive Blitz for Scotland
Thursday, June 29, 2023
Summer Drink Drive Blitz for Scotland
A crackdown on drink and drug driving by Police Scotland launches this week.
Latest figures show that motorists caught ‘driving under the ...
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Police step up roadside tests in June
Friday, June 02, 2023
Motorists are being warned of an expected drink drive crackdown by Police.
The number of roadside breath tests carried out in June is traditionally far higher than any other month apart fro ...
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Breath tests rise in Northern Ireland
Wednesday, May 31, 2023
New figures show that 34,611 roadside breath tests were carried out by Police in Northern Ireland in 2022. This is an increase of 3% compared with 2021.A total of 3,818 motorists failed the test ...
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49% of UK adults will be celebrating this weekend
Thursday, May 04, 2023Nearly half (49%) of UK adults say they will be celebrating the Coronation this weekend, downing an average of 8.8 alcoholic drinks each.
That’s an estimated 290 million small glass ...
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How long does alcohol stay in your system?
Tuesday, February 28, 2023
How long does alcohol stay in your system?
When you consume alcohol it takes anything between 15 minutes and an hour to reach your bloodstream, depending on the contents of your stomach at the time o ...
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