The RUC is adopting a tougher attitude to drink-driving this Christmas. Speaking at the start of the police's seasonal campaign, the Assistant Chief Constable, Mr Freddie Hall, said that all drivers involved in accidents as well as those found speeding or driving carelessly or dangerously at night would be breath-tested.
"A minority continues to selfishly ignore all the advice that has been offered to them over the years," Mr Hall said. "I would remind them that the police will continue their efforts to ensure that they are brought before the courts and disqualified from driving." Police statistics showed that fatal crashes were common between 9 p.m. and 4 a.m.
This year 57 people have died on the roads at night. More than a quarter of the deaths were as a result of excess alcohol.