Blitz on Christmas drink-drivers

A number of police operations will form a bid to crackdown on drink driving and violent crime, including domestic violence, from tomorrow. 

A month-long drink driving operation will see officers routinely stopping drivers travelling along major routes throughout the town.

Key days of activities will be weekends and Monday mornings and officers plan to educate drivers on the dangers of drink driving, while targeting offenders who get behind the wheel when over the legal limit.

Chief Insp Nev Hamilton said: “We want to send a clear message to drivers in Rotherham to start thinking and stop drinking.

“You don’t have to appear, or even feel drunk to be over the legal limit and any amount of alcohol can have an impact on a person’s driving ability.

“This operation supports the work taking place across the force this Christmas and although Rotherham does not have a serious drink driving problem, we want to use this opportunity to engage proactively with road users and offer advice and support to those we speak to during the campaign.”

Test purchasing to identify shops selling alcohol to under 18s, will also be part of SYP’s bid to clamp down on alcohol related crime in the run up to Christmas.

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