Festive Campaign Reminds Motorists "Don't Risk It"

82% of People living in Scotland believe that drink driving is unacceptable

Twelve months on from the Scottish Government introducing a lower drink drive limit, new research has revealed Scots are changing their behaviour with only 5% opting to drive after consuming alcohol. 

The research coincides with Police Scotlands festive enforcement campaign this weekend, and new figures show the number of drink driving offences has fallen by 12.5% from December 2014 to August 2015, compared to the same period the previous years. 

Superintendint Fraser Candish from Police Scotland said: "Police stop around 20,000 drivers a month in Scotland; thats one vehicle every two minutes"

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