Drink driving campaign paying off, spot checks show

[InTime News]

Just 1 successful 200 motorists stopped successful the Greater Athens portion implicit the past 5 days was caught supra the ineligible intoxicant limit, constabulary said Tuesday and pledged to persist with a months-long strict roadworthy information campaign.

A constabulary statement said that 18,737 drivers and motorcyclists were stopped for a breathalyser δοκιμή since Easter Thursday successful and astir the capital, and 102 were recovered to beryllium implicit the limit. Four had such a precocious humor intoxicant speechmaking that they were arrested.

Police said the complaint of violations was conscionable 0.54%. The statement said that breathalyser tests, launched with unprecedented regularity and exertion past year amid a crackdown connected unsafe driving, would proceed unabated.