My local police force has just launched it's annual anti drink drive campaign. Whilst I applaud any measures to make the roads safer I wonder who is going to carry out all the planned extra stop checks? There doesn't seem to be enough police to attend many of the calls regarding burglary, vandalism, anti-social behaviour etc yet spare coppers can be found for this campaign. Surely there should be no seasonal differences in the vigilance of police officers in the detection of drink drivers. The very fact that they are stepping up the checks suggests that at other times in the year they aren't doing enough.
Last year they had quite a low figure of convictions, less than 15% of drivers breathalysed were over the limit which they said was a mark of success for the campaign. I would have thought that as they have to have a suspicion that you may have been drinking before they are allowed to request a breath test they were wrong at least 80% of the time. Doesn't say much for their judgement.
Last year they had quite a low figure of convictions, less than 15% of drivers breathalysed were over the limit which they said was a mark of success for the campaign. I would have thought that as they have to have a suspicion that you may have been drinking before they are allowed to request a breath test they were wrong at least 80% of the time. Doesn't say much for their judgement.
