Gardaí are to receive new powers and training in the detection of drug driving as research shows drug driving in Ireland could be as serious a problem as drink driving.
Speaking at a conference on road safety in Dublin Castle this morning Prof Denis Cusack, head of the Medical Bureau of Road Safety said direction in "field impairment training" for officers would begin as early as January next year.
Additional powers to ask drivers to perform a series of simple roadside tests such as demonstrating body co-ordination were contained in the Road Traffic Act 2010, and are due to be signed into law in coming weeks.
Source: Tim O'Brien, The Irish Times, 11/10/2010
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