RSA appeals for vigilance as number of arrests for drink- and drug-driving rises 17%
“There is still a small number of people taking chances early in the morning,” he said. “We don’t want to be interfering with people’s activities, but if you intend to drive you should not drink or take drugs.
We are hoping that people again will comply with our warning.”A total of 34 people have been killed on the State’s roads for far this year – an increase of five on the same period last year, when the lowest number of road fatalities on record happened.
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