drink driving
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Fleet Industry News 31 MayDrink-drive warning ahead of summer crackdown
Breathalyser firm AlcoSense Laboratories says that the number of roadside breath tests carried out in June is 50% higher than any other month apart from December.
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Fleet Industry News 15 Feb
IAM Roadsmart calls for emergency measures to tackle drink-driving
Road safety charity IAM Roadsmart has called for emergency measures to be introduced to tackle drink-driving.
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Fleet Industry News 14 Dec
Drink-drive warning ahead of festive season
Nearly one in three would not try to talk a friend out of drink-driving, while four in 10 know someone who has driven over the drink-drive limit, says RAC research.
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Fleet Industry News 7 Dec
Drink-driving penalties should be strengthened, says poll
Four out of five of motorists think there should be stiffer penalties for drink-driving, with more than half strongly in favour.
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Fleet Industry News 5 Dec90% of drivers would support breathalysers being installed in cars, finds WhoCanFixMyCar.com
Ninety per cent of drivers would support breathalysers being installed in cars to prevent drink-driving, research from WhoCanFixMyCar.com has found.
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Fleet Industry News 3 Dec
Business drivers ‘high on drink and drugs’
One in 10 employees, who drive as part of their job, regularly get behind the wheel while under the influence of drink or drugs, new research suggests.
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Fleet Industry News 30 NovDrivers three times more likely to be breathalysed in December
As the countdown to Christmas begins, drivers are being warned they are nearly three times more likely to be breathalysed in December than a normal month.
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Fleet Management Home 28 NovFleet and safety: how can I eliminate drink/drug-driving?
Driving under the influence costs lives. Andrew Don looks at the law and the policies fleet operators should implement
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Fleet Industry News 9 Aug
Call for law change after drink-drive figures show increase
New figures from the DfT show that 9,040 people were killed or injured on Britain’s roads in 2016 where a driver was over the legal limit for alcohol.
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Fleet Industry News 11 Jul
IAM Roadsmart issues drink-drive warning ahead of England's World Cup semi-final
IAM Roadsmart has warned football fans not to give into drink-drive temptation as England prepare to play in the World Cup semi-final tonight.
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Fleet Industry News 11 JunDfT announces RTA investigation trial and new breathalysers
Competition to bring a new mobile breathalyser to the market launched, while RAC Foundation asked to trial a new approach to road casualty investigations.
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Fleet Industry News 14 MayOne in 10 employees suspect illegal drug use by colleagues, research finds
More than one in 10 workers across the UK have suspected a colleague of taking illegal drugs, rising to 24% in London, research by Intelligent Fingerprinting has found.
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Tax and Legislation News 19 AprAnt McPartlin’s £86k drink-driving fine ‘lenient’, says law firm
Paul Loughlin, a specialist in motoring law at Stephensons, believes that the fine McPartlin received could have been much higher.
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Tax and Legislation News 6 Apr
Drink drive limit still too high, says safety campaigners
Safety campaigners are urging the Government to reconsider the drink drive limit in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
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Tax and Legislation News 9 Feb
Government figures suggest ‘significant’ rise in drink-driving
Provisional figures for 2016 show that between 200 and 280 people were killed in accidents where at least one driver was over the drink-drive limit.
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Tax and Legislation News 31 JanPolice report arrest increase for Christmas drink and drug-driving crackdown
Officers stopped almost 100,000 vehicles during its Christmas drink and drug-driving crackdown, with a 3.9% year-on-year increase in arrests, reports the NPCC.
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General News 2 JanTaxi and bus drivers have lowest rates of drink driving convictions, research reveals
Taxi and bus drivers have some of the smallest numbers of drink driving convictions compared to construction workers, research from MoneySuperMarket reveals.
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Tax and Legislation News 15 Dec
Five million motorists admit to drink-driving, says RAC
16% of 1,727 motorists questioned by the RAC think they have been guilty of drink-driving, either immediately after consuming alcohol or the morning after.
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General News 14 DecTougher penalties for mobile phone-using drivers need ‘rigorous enforcement’, says Brake
Enforcement of new, tougher laws on illegal mobile phone use at the wheel stalled just one month after their introduction, according to figures obtained by Brake.
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Fleet Industry News 6 DecSocial media addicts worry drivers the most, says IAM RoadSmart survey
People updating social media or sending text messages while driving, drink or drug driving and mobile phone pose biggest road safety threat, survey suggests.
