Drug Driving - Testing Times North and South
Posted on 9th January 2025 at 13:43
In Merseyside, more than 3 times more drug drivers arrested compared with alcohol cases.
Merseyside Roads Policing Ch Insp Stuart McIver said people "still aren't getting the message".
Between 1 December and 1 January, 360 people were arrested for drug drive related offences, 110 arrested for alcohol related offences and 38 arrested for failure to comply.
"Driving under the influence – whether that's drugs or alcohol – is absolutely not acceptable," Ch Insp McIver said.
"I feel frustrated that, clearly, some people still aren't getting the message."
Operation Limit is a national campaign which runs each year from 1 December to January.
Meanwhile in the south of the country:
A total of 140 people were arrested for drug driving in December, nearly double the number of drink driving arrests during the same period.
Figures published by Surrey Police as part a month-long winter crackdown on drink and drug driving reveal that officers made 196 arrests -140 for drug driving and 84 for drink driving.
The overlap in numbers accounts for some people being arrested on suspicion of both offences.
Surrey Police said these results show that drug driving is becoming more prominent than drink driving in the county.
As part of Operation Limit, officers conducted increased patrols and set up random stop check sites along busy roads to provide a visible deterrent to offenders.

