765 arresti per guida in stato di ebbrezza e droga nel periodo natalizio

>There were 765 people arrested for driving under the “influence of an intoxicant” between 1 December and 5 January, according to the latest figures from An Garda Síochána.

>Over half, 56%, were for driving under the influence of alcohol and 44% were drugs releated.

>The figures also show there were 26 road deaths and over 70 serious crashes during this period.

If these are the number actually *caught*, it’s horrifying to imagine how many other people went undetected on the roads while under the influence.

Fantastic results.
It works out as .817 arrests per county per day….

I’d imagine a good portion of this was people who smoked a bit of weed 3 days prior

Absolutely scandalous that people in this day and age still think it’s perfectly ok to get behind the wheel while under the influence. They’re obviously oblivious to the carnage and devastation they can cause.

I drove 2200km between the 23rd and 1st. I didn’t see a single garda car or checkpoint. What I did see was plenty of dangerous and erratic driving and at least 3 or 4 late at night on country roads going very slowly, that I suspected of drink driving.

If 765 were caught, there must be thousands of people drink driving. No wonder road deaths increased last year. The police presence just isn’t there. The only way people will stop is if they think there is a reasonable chance they will encounter a Guard on their journey. As of now that chance is really really low, unfortunately.

Drunk driver killed both my parents back in the 90s.

Much of his argument was like the ‘but wait, whatabout…’ replies in this thead.