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Over 540 people have been stopped for drink-driving so far this year

Over 540 people have been stopped for drink-driving so far this year.

Figures for January released by An Garda Siochána show that both drink-driving offences and road fatalities in January were down on the same month in 2014.

The figures show that 544 people were arrested for drink-driving in January, after the gardaí set up 6,598 mandatory alcohol testing checkpoints.

29,419 breath tests were carried out at these checkpoints, leading to the detention of 1,538 vehicles.

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Source: Paul Hosford, thejournal.ie, 09/02/15

Posted by drugsdotie on 02/10 at 09:38 AM in
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