Breath test for anyone involved in road bump or crash

Jun 1 2009 Huddersfield Daily Examiner

WEST Yorkshire Police today launched their summer campaign to curb drink driving.

They are telling people who are tempted to get behind the wheel after a drink: “It’s just not worth it.”

From today any motorists involved in a collision will be breathalysed as a matter of course.

Insp Joanne Field, head of the roads policing unit, said: “We can't reiterate the importance of not drinking and driving enough.

“What may seem like a perfectly reasonable idea at the time can have tragic consequences for a driver in terms of arrests and further police action, not to mention the impact this will have on their work and family life.

“In the worst case scenarios a driver’s family and friends and the families and friends of people who lose loved ones will also be dealt a massive blow.

“Just don’t drink and drive, it simply isn't worth it.”

As part of the summer anti-drink and drug driving campaign, the police have teamed up with students from Leeds Metropolitan university for an animated film on the dangers of drink driving.

In a mix of computer graphics and real footage, the film Drink Driver Two shows a man drinking at a bar before going to play a driving simulator.