Crime & Safety
Oxfordshire emergency service issues drink drive warning
With the sunny weather starting this weekend (Sunday, March 22), the county’s fire and rescue service has issued a warning to motorists about driving after drinking alcohol.
A spokesperson said: “Drinking alcohol and then driving significantly impairs your ability to drive safely and greatly increases your chances of being involved in a collision, with the possibility that you or someone else could be killed or seriously injured.
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“Don’t drink and drive to avoid spending time behind bars rather than standing at one.”
The Department for Transport said that 260 people died in drink-driving related incidents in 2023.
The UK government has proposed lowering the drink-drive limit in England and Wales from 80mg to 50mg of alcohol per 100ml of blood.