ZB ZB
Opinion
Live now
Start time
Playing for
End time
Listen live
Listen to NAME OF STATION
Up next
Listen live on
ZB

Drink driving deaths double since 2013 - cops not reaching breath testing target

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Thu, 29 Jun 2023, 8:14am
Photo / NZME
Photo / NZME

Drink driving deaths double since 2013 - cops not reaching breath testing target

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Thu, 29 Jun 2023, 8:14am

Since 2013, drink driving deaths have doubled.

Last year, deaths on our roads involving drunk drivers hit a 10-year peak, with 33 more fatalities than the year before.

Police have a target to test 3 million drivers for alcohol yearly - yet that hasn't been reached since 2014.

Assistant Commissioner of Deployment and Road Policing Naila Hassan joined Mike Hosking.

LISTEN ABOVE

 

Take your Radio, Podcasts and Music with you