Drink driving continues to be serious problem

Police statistics reveal that between January and September of this year traffic police fined over 10,000 drivers for drink-driving. Due to the growing number of alcohol-related road accidents in past years the police issued a regulation saying that a breathalyzer test should be an obligatory part of any road check. A recent proposal that the road law should be amended to allow drivers a small amount of alcohol- such as one or two beers – was rejected on the grounds that it might worsen the country’s already serious problem with drink-driving.