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27/11/2014
Garda Given More Powers To Target Drink Driving
Gardaí will now have the power to conduct new Intoxication Impairment Tests at the roadside.
Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Paschal Donohoe TD, signed regulations that give effect to the provisions of the Road Traffic Act 2014 in relation to roadside impairment testing.
The Minister said: "We have, as a country, come a long way in recent years in the struggle to improve road safety, and especially to combat drunk driving.
"However, figures for road deaths last year went up for the first time since 2005, and, unfortunately, this year to date, we have seen a further increase in collisions and deaths compared to the same period in 2013. We must keep up the pressure on a range of fronts to reduce these numbers.
"Road safety depends on a great many factors, and driving while intoxicated is one of the most serious. As a culture, we have moved away from the casual acceptance of drunk driving which once prevailed. However, we still have some way to go if we aspire to eliminating drunk and drug driving, and the measures I am announcing today will make an important contribution to achieving that end goal."
The new tests will be an important added resource to Gardaí in identifying and prosecuting intoxicated drivers and are a significant new tool for the Gardaí in enforcing the law against drug driving.
(CD/JP)
Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Paschal Donohoe TD, signed regulations that give effect to the provisions of the Road Traffic Act 2014 in relation to roadside impairment testing.
The Minister said: "We have, as a country, come a long way in recent years in the struggle to improve road safety, and especially to combat drunk driving.
"However, figures for road deaths last year went up for the first time since 2005, and, unfortunately, this year to date, we have seen a further increase in collisions and deaths compared to the same period in 2013. We must keep up the pressure on a range of fronts to reduce these numbers.
"Road safety depends on a great many factors, and driving while intoxicated is one of the most serious. As a culture, we have moved away from the casual acceptance of drunk driving which once prevailed. However, we still have some way to go if we aspire to eliminating drunk and drug driving, and the measures I am announcing today will make an important contribution to achieving that end goal."
The new tests will be an important added resource to Gardaí in identifying and prosecuting intoxicated drivers and are a significant new tool for the Gardaí in enforcing the law against drug driving.
(CD/JP)
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