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Police warn drivers after increase in drink driving – Hume
Police are warning drivers to think before getting behind the wheel, following an increase in drink-driving in The Hume region.
Police have noticed an increase in dangerous driver behaviour following Operation Chrome – which ran between Friday 30 April 2021 and Sunday 3 May 2021 – where 30 motorists were charged with drink-driving offences.
Following the operation, officers attached to The Hume Traffic and Highway Patrol Command have maintained a high-visible presence on local roads and have detected more than a dozen motorists driving under the influence of alcohol since Sunday 3 May 2021.
The drivers were stopped in locations including the Old Hume Highway, Mittagong, Argyle Street, Moss Vale, Hume Street, Goulburn, and along the Barton Highway, Murrumbateman.