‘None for the road’ warning

POLICE chiefs are stressing the message “none for the road” after today’s launch of this year’s drink and drug-driving clampdown.

A drink-drive crash car and driving simulator was used to reiterate the message to passers-by at MediaCity in Salford.

In last year’s festive drink-drive campaign, police breathalysed 11,230 drivers with 464 testing positive or failing or refusing to take a test.

During 2012, alcohol was the main factor behind 336 collisions. Five people lost their lives, 66 were seriously injured and 265 received slight injuries.

Inspector Matt Bailey-Smith, from the Serious Collision Unit, said: “The only safe amount to drink is nothing at all. It really isn’t worth risking your life or that of others for the sake of a pint.

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“We are out day in, day out tackling this problem but at Christmas we see more drink-drivers than at any other time of the year.

“The consequences of drink driving are catastrophic and no police officer wants to be knocking on a door during the festive period to tell them their loved one has died.

“Bear in mind also that you could still be over the limit the following morning.

“You might feel fine, but you could still have alcohol in your system that could impair your driving.”