Latest Drink and Drug Driving Figures Show Alarming Results From data collected during the latest special campaign monitoring for the misuse of alcohol or drugs behind the wheel, the DGT has revealed the alarming state of the number of drivers detected. The campaign, which ran from the 4th until Read Full Article... Read More
School Bus Driver Caught Five Times Over the Limit The driver of a school bus carrying 42 high school students was arrested by the Santomera (Murcia) Local Police on Tuesday, after he was found to be almost five-times over the permitted alcohol limit. As part of the week-long campaign Read Full Article... Read More
Police Surprise Cathedral Drunk Driver The Local Police have arrested a man on suspicion of drunk driving, after they found him trying to drive his car down the steps of Burgos cathedral. According to the police they first believed the driver may have been lost, Read Full Article... Read More
Drink and Drug Message Still Not Hitting Home The latest data released by the DGT has revealed that 43% of the drivers who died in traffic related incidents in the last year, on urban and interurban roads, tested positive for alcohol, drugs or both. The report by the Read Full Article... Read More
Officers Surprised by Thirsty Cyclist Officers from the Guardia Civil were surprised when they stopped a 31-year-old cyclist in the Villaviciosa area, carrying an unusual load on his bicycle. A number of concerned people had alerted the officers to the man riding dangerously on the Read Full Article... Read More
Cyclist Stopped 4 Times Over Limit The Guardia Civil in Lugo stopped a cyclist on the LU-120 main road and found that the rider was 4 times over the legal maximum permitted limit. The incident occurred last Tuesday when the officers were involved in a routine Read Full Article... Read More
Cop Killing Drunk Driver Remanded in Custody The drunk driver who knocked down and killed a police officer at an alcohol checkpoint has been remanded in custody, without bail, by the judge. Hansjörg Rohrbach, a Swizz national, is facing charges of involuntary manslaughter for fatally hitting officer Read More ... Read More
One in Four Cyclists Test Positive for Alcohol Startling statistics produced by the Madrid Municipal Police have revealed that during their campaigns to test for cyclists who have consumed alcohol, one in four tested positive. Since 2010, a total of 659 alcohol tests have been performed on cyclists, Read More ... Read More
Almost Two-Thousand Drunk and Drugged Drivers Caught in a Week During the last intensified campaign to crack down on the use of alcohol or drugs before driving, some 1,912 drivers decided not to #chooseright, and are now facing the penalties for their actions. Between the 12th and the 18th of Read More ... Read More
Prison Call for Drunk and Drugged Driver The prosecutor is calling for an 18-month prison sentence for a driver caught doing 103 kilometres per hour in a section of road where the maximum permitted speed was 50 kilometres per hour. Having been stopped for the offence of Read More ... Read More
Alcohol Present in 67% of Drivers Killed on the Roads The latest statistics revealed by the National Spanish Institute of Toxicology and Forensic Sciences (INTCF) reveals that 43% of drivers killed in road traffic incidents last year tested positive for the presence of alcohol, drugs and / or psychotropic drugs, Read More ... Read More
We Save Lives Reflections from Inside This innovative awareness campaign video aims to serve as a reminder of the dangers and repercussions of drinking or using drugs and driving. Read More