today, the traffic police arrested 11 drivers for drink-driving in an early morning operation in the early hours of the morning as part of a reminder to the public not to drink and drive ahead of the Christmas and New Year holidays.
the traffic police set-up road blocks along jalan bukit merah, crawford street, macpherson road, keppel road, telok blangah road and kampung bahru road to nab errant drink drivers.
there were a total of 60 motorists who had to take the breathalyser test and of these, 11 failed the test and were arrested for drink driving. the motorists' ages range between 21 and 55 years old.
the highest breathalyser test clocked was 60 microgrammes of alcohol per 100 millilitres of breath, nearly 2 times the prescribed legal limit of 35 microgrammes of alcohol per 100 millilitres of breath.
although the number of accidents caused by drink—driving has gone down over the past two years, the number of fatalities has increased.
my comments:
in the interests of the season and everyone, i have to digress and today's blog entry does not have anything to do with insurance.
the message of if u drink, don't drive and if u drive, don't drink needs to be repeated because of the Christmas and New Year festivities.
as it is, already 11 motorists have been nabbed for drink-driving by the traffic police and the statistics on the number of fatalities resulting from the tipple cannot lie.
so, drink if u must (in moderation) but please leave the driving to sober people.
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