Festive drink-drive campaign launched

Supt Rob Povey, of Thames Valley Police Roads Policing Department said: "We must reduce the number of people who are killed or seriously injured on our roads. This figure has been falling over the last few years, but drink driving is still a major cause of these collisions. We can only achieve this with the help of drivers acting responsibly. Provisional figures show that 75 people have lost their lives on the roads of Thames Valley so far this year, which is a tragic loss to the many families and friends of those involved."
"Research carried out by the DfT under their Think! campaign shows that young men are really not getting the message over drink driving and we hope that by warning them of the consequences they will face if they are caught, we can stop them taking those risks."
All drivers who provide a positive breath test or face a field impairment test to determine whether they have been using drugs, refuse to provide or fail to provide, face losing their licence for at least 12 months. They could go to prison for six months or pay a fine of up to £5,000.