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Ten years since drink drive law change in Scotland

Police step up breath tests as deaths rise

Dec 09, 2024Comments off

New figures out today show a slight increase in the number of roadside breath tests carried out by Police. In 2023 there were 276,914 tests

Ten years since drink drive law change in Scotland

Scotland marks 10th anniversary of drink dr...

Dec 05, 2024Comments off

Tomorrow (Thursday 5 December) marks the tenth anniversary of the drink drive limit being lowered in Scotland – and four out of five Scots (79%)

Driver about to give a breath sample

New drug and drink driving guidance for fle...

Nov 06, 2024Comments off

New guidance for fleets on how to tackle drug and drink driving is being issued this week by Association of Fleet Professionals (AFP). The two-page

French drink drive limit is lower than England

French police 20 times more likely to breat...

Aug 22, 2023Comments off

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

Breath tests plunge to record low

Nov 21, 2022Comments off

Roadside breath tests have slumped to their lowest level on record. Data published recently shows that in 2021 just 224,162 motorists were breathalysed by Police

Drink-drive deaths climb to 10-year high

Feb 15, 2021Comments off

Provisional estimates suggest the number of drink-drive related deaths in Great Britain rose to a 10-year high in 2019. The figures show between 240 and

Breath tests at lowest level for 18 years

Oct 28, 2020Comments off

Figures released by the Home Office* show that the number of roadside breath tests are at their lowest point since 2002. Just 285,380 roadside breath

Connexas Group rebrands alcohol interlock s...

Mar 09, 2020Comments off

Connexas Group, one of Europe’s leading provider of technology-enabled, fleet management and mobile worker solutions, has re-named and re-branded its market-leading alcohol interlock system to

Disappointing festive drink & drug fig...

Jan 20, 2020Comments off

Approximately one in 15 drivers stopped by Police Scotland over the festive period tested positive for alcohol or drugs. The force’s festive drink and drug

Scots say England should cut Drink Drive li...

Dec 05, 2019Comments off

Today marks the fifth anniversary of the drink drive limit being lowered in Scotland – and 80% of Scots say the rest of the UK