During the season of work parties and special festivities, some people take chances with drugs, alcohol and their cars.
Gardaí are joining their counterparts in Europe for a clampdown on the behaviour from this morning.
During the same operation this week last year, officers reported 15,305 alcohol and 2,133 drug offences, as well as more than 2,500 other crimes. That was after checking 1.1 million motorists in 31 countries.
In Ireland alone, over 800 drink-drive arrests were made during the Christmas period. That equated to 22 arrests a day.
“Driving after consuming any alcohol is dangerous,” warned TISPOL (the European Traffic Police Network) President Garda Chief Superintendent Aidan Reid.
“Driving while over the drink drive limit is against the law. Drivers will experience slower reactions, poor judgement of speed, reduced co-ordination and concentration with much lower levels of alcohol in their system.
Source: Sinead O'Carroll, thejournal.ie, 08/12/14
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