Police in North Wales have criticized the local young for ignoring the dangers of drink driving, the local press has reported.
According to the Daily Post, one in 20 motorists stopped and breathalysed by local authorities last month were over the limit.
Police found the results of the summer crackdown campaign ‘disappointing’, due to the unexpectedly high number of drivers who tested positive, especially those aged under 25.
A little under a third of all drivers who were tested positive during the campaign were aged between 17 and 25 in North Wales.
The collective results throughout Wales, except for Gwent which did not provide an age breakdown to their figures, showed and ever higher proportion of drivers testing positive as being of young age groups, 98 out of 295.
In total, 400 drivers were over the limit when tested as a result of the police’s summer campaign. Last year, about 100,000 motorists across the UK were stopped for drink driving.
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Do not forget :
- The legal breath/alcohol limit for driving in the UK is 35 microgrammes per 100 millilitres of breath
- before alcohol has any effect on such abilities as speaking or walking, it affects those abilities which are learned more recently, such as judgement, reasoning and being able to choose right from wrong.
