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Drug driving and speeding cases soared to record levels after Covid lockdown

Published 09 November 2022
By Will Dron
Figures showing record numbers of people caught speeding or driving under the influence of drugs has been described as shocking by the AA.
Drug-driving arrests up 50%, continuing six-year trend

Drug-driving arrests up 50%

Drug-driving prosecutions in the UK hit a record high in 2021 after six consecutive years of rises.
Published 30 May 2022
Drug driver is first arrest for former model Penny Lancaster

Drug driver first arrest for former model

Penny Lancaster has said that her first arrest as a special constable for City of London Police was a drug-driving suspect.
Published 10 March 2022
SEAT Cristobal concept to improve road safety

Can the SEAT Cristobal cut road deaths by 40%?

When a Spanish minister’s son died in a car crash, local car giant SEAT vowed to create a car so safe it would eliminate road deaths.
Published 20 November 2018
Intoxicated driver facing court after rolling SUV at a roundabout

Video: Driver rolls SUV while trying to drift

CCTV captured the moment a young driver rolled his SUV while trying to perform a drift at a roundabout near the Gold Coast, Australia.
Published 29 August 2018
Truck dash cam captures drug driving crash on M1 motorway in Australia

Video: Truck dash cam captures drug driving crash

A truck's dash cam captured the moment a car driver high on drugs pulled out into the HGV's path while rejoining an Australian highway.
Published 23 February 2018
Police knew of doubt over drug‑drive tests

Police knew of doubt over drug‑drive tests

Police chiefs were warned last year that a controversial forensics laboratory used a method for analysing blood samples that could be challenged
Published 05 March 2017
Drug driving suit test by Emma Smith for Sunday Times

High way to hell: testing the Ford drug-driving suit

Driving struggles to control a car in a suit made to raise awareness of the effects of drug driving
Published 23 November 2015
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Families release crash video as warning to drug drivers

The grieving families of two young men who were killed in a car crash while under the influence of drugs have sanctioned the release of a video...
Published 13 October 2015
Drug driving: How the law has finally caught up with doped up motorists

Drug driving: How the law has finally caught up with...

From tonight police will use a portable device to test for drug driving. Tolerance is zero and penalties are stringent. Joseph Dunn reports
Published 01 March 2015
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News: West Yorkshire police to shame drink and drug...

Police in West Yorkshire have revealed that they are turning to social media to shame drunk drivers. Officers will tweet about anyone caught drink...
Published 01 December 2014