There’s no excuse for getting behind the wheel…
According to figures released by An Garda Síochána and the Road Safety Authority (RSA), there was a 34% increase in the number of people arrested for drink driving in December 2016 compared to the same period in 2015.
Ireland may be moving towards a zero-tolerance policy for drink driving, meaning that any alcohol present in a driver’s blood would classify them as over the limit. But there were 26 more deaths on the road last year than in 2015 and 40% of all fatal road accidents have been alcohol related.
The An Garda Síochána have now shared a chilling Tweet from Kildare that shows there’s still some way to go in this country to eradicate the practice of drink driving completely.
Gardaí in Naas had to take evasive action to avoid being hit by a drunk driver.
Naas Traf Corps arrest uninsured driver 5 times ovr limit.Gardaí had to take evasive action to avoid being knocked down.Arrested & charged pic.twitter.com/C5yifV8Yvl
— An Garda Síochána (@GardaTraffic) January 14, 2017
The driver was arrested and charged for their actions.
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